qerthull

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear; from Proto-Albanian *kertsula,[1] possibly borrowed from Latin cercellus, circellus (small ring, hoop),[2] ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, ring). Doublet of qark, qarkull. Alternatively inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ker-ḱ-[1] or *kert- (to turn, to bind),[3] or simply qerth +‎ -ull.

Noun

qerthull m (plural qerthuj, definite qerthulli, definite plural qerthujt)

  1. (textiles) skein winder, wrap reel, yarnwindle
    Synonym: shtjellës
  2. baby walker
  3. circuit, surrounding area
    Synonym: qark
  4. (figurative) plotline, thematic series of events
  5. (botany) shoots grown around the stalk of a plant

Declension

Declension of qerthull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative qerthull qerthulli qerthuj qerthujt
accusative qerthullin
dative qerthulli qerthullit qerthujve qerthujve
ablative qerthujsh

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qerthull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “qérthull,-i”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 340-341
  3. ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 42