shëllirë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From shëllij (“to brine”) +‎ -irë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃəˈɫiɾə/
  • Rhymes: -iɾə
  • Hyphenation: shë‧llí‧rë

Noun

shëllirë f (plural shëllíra, definite shëllíra, definite plural shëllírat)

  1. brine
  2. pickling
  3. salt mine or saltwater where salt is extracted from
  4. salty soil without vegetation

Adjective

shëllirë

  1. salty, briny
    Synonym: i kripur

Adjective

i shëllirë (feminine e shëllirë)

  1. brined, salted
  2. pickled
  • shëllirje
  • i shëllirshëm
  • i shëllirtë
  • shëllitë

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “shëllirë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shëllínë, shëllírë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 472
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