sillë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *čīlā-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-tl-éh₂, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; rest, peace”).[1] Compare English while, Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá).

Noun

sillë f (plural silla, definite silla, definite plural sillat)

  1. breakfast
  2. (dated) food brought out in the morning to a farmer working in the field

Declension

Declension of sillë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sillë silla silla sillat
accusative sillën
dative sille sillës sillave sillave
ablative sillash

Derived terms

  • silloj

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 225

Further reading

  • “sillë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “sillë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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