malësi

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mal, probably related to the Epirote tribe of the Molossi, which inhabited Epirus.[1] See mal (“mountain”) for more.

Noun

malësí f (plural malësí, definite malësía, definite plural malësítë)

  1. highland
  2. mountain(ous) region
  3. (ethnography) name of the homeland of malësor (“highlander”) tribe

Declension

Declension of malësi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative malësi malësia malësi malësitë
accusative malësinë
dative malësie malësisë malësive malësive
ablative malësish

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Namenforschung / Name Studies / Les noms propres. 1. Halbband. 104. Illyrian-Albanian Toponyms, S. 718.

Further reading

  • “malësi”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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