perëndi
Albanian
Alternative forms
- perendi, perundi, perudi, perndi, parandi
- perenni ([peɾenní]) — Gheg[1]
- περεντή (perëndi, [peɾəndi]) — Arvanitika[2]
Etymology
Disputed. Different interpretations have been proposed:
- A possible reflection of the sky and thunder god (from Proto-Indo-European *per-en-, an extension of *per(H)- (“to strike”), confer Proto-Indo-European *PeruHnos and *Perkʷunos), attached to *di, the sky-god (*Dyḗws);[3][4]
- Derived from perëndoj (“to set (of the sun)”), which might be borrowed from Latin parentare (“to bring a sacrifice (to the dead); to satisfy”).[5][6][7]
- Latin imperantem (“ruling”); compare Albanian dielli perëndon (“the sun sets”), perhaps ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek ὁ ήλιος βασιλεύει (ho ḗlios basileúei, “the sun sets”, literally “the sun reigns”).[8]
Noun
perëndi f (plural perëndi, definite perëndia, definite plural perënditë)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | perëndi | perëndia | perëndi | perënditë |
| accusative | perëndinë | |||
| dative | perëndie | perëndisë | perëndive | perëndive |
| ablative | perëndish | |||
Synonyms
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 98, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 117 & 84, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ West, M. L. (2007) Indo-European Poetry and Myth, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers
- ^ If this view is correct, it might point to an Albanian solar cult; Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
- ^ Jakobson, Roman (1985). "Linguistic Evidence in Comparative Mythology". In Stephen Rudy (ed.). Roman Jakobson: Selected Writings. VII: Contributions to Comparative Mythology: Studies in Linguistics and Philology, 1972–1982. Walter de Gruyter
- ^ Treimer, Karl (1971). "Zur Rückerschliessung der illyrischen Götterwelt und ihre Bedeutung für die südslawische Philologie". In Henrik Barić (ed.). Arhiv za Arbanasku starinu, jezik i etnologiju. I. R. Trofenik. pp. 27–33.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “perëndi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 315-6