miell

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *melwa, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-wo-m, from *melh₂- (“to grind up”),[1] close to German Mehl (“id”), Greek μύλος (mýlos), Latin molere. Compare also Romanian mălai. Ultimately a doublet of mëllë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmi.ɛɫ]

Noun

miell m (plural miellra, definite mielli, definite plural miellrat)

  1. flour
  2. powder

Declension

Declension of miell
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative miell mielli miellra miellrat
accusative miellin
dative mielli miellit miellrave miellrave
ablative miellrash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 218

Further reading

  • “miell”, 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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