rrobull

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • robull, rrubull — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin robur (“oak”). The ending may be either reanalysis as -ull or resonant dissimilation as also in Spanish roble, Sicilian rùvulu. The semantic shift towards “pine” may have been influenced by phonetic similarity with Proto-Slavic *borъ (“pine”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrobuɫ/
  • Rhymes: -obuɫ

Noun

rrobull m (plural rrobuj, definite rrobulli, definite plural rrobujt)

  1. Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii)
    Synonyms: arti, arne i kuq, murë, pishë mali
  2. (dialectal) various species of oak (Quercus)
    Synonym: lis

Declension

Declension of rrobull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rrobull rrobulli rrobuj rrobujt
accusative rrobullin
dative rrobulli rrobullit rrobujve rrobujve
ablative rrobujsh

Derived terms

  • rrobull i bardhë
  • rrobull i kuq

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: arobul
  • → Greek: ρόμπολο (rómpolo)

References

  • “rróbu/ll,~lli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1709b
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “rrobulli”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 290b
  • Çabej, E. (2002) “rrobull”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes VI: N–Rr, Tirana, page 332ab
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “rróbull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 440b
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrobull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 388
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