shqile

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shqilë f, shqil m

Etymology

A dialectal variant of *shtile, derived from shtjell, from which root also shtalb (“rennet, rennet stomach”). Alternatively a prefixal derivative of qel.

Noun

shqile f (plural shqile, definite shqilja, definite plural shqilet) (Northwestern Gheg)

  1. rennet
  2. rennet stomach

References

  • Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 370
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