pelë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pele"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pōl-nā, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”). Compare Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), Latin pullus, and English foal.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛːl]

Noun

pelë f (plural pela, definite pela, definite plural pelat)

  1. mare

Declension

Declension of pelë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pelë pela pela pelat
accusative pelën
dative pele pelës pelave pelave
ablative pelash

References

  1. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.

Further reading

  • “pelë”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “pelë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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