thëngjill

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • thingjill, fëngjill

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsangila, with *ts- prefix, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁óngʷl̥ (“charcoal, coal”).[1]

Noun

thëngjill m (plural thëngjij, definite thëngjilli, definite plural thëngjijtë)

  1. glowing embers, hot coal
    Synonym: prush
  2. coal, charcoal
    Synonyms: qymyr, qymyrgur
  3. carbon
    Synonym: karbon

Declension

Declension of thëngjill
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thëngjill thëngjilli thëngjij thëngjijtë
accusative thëngjillin
dative thëngjilli thëngjillit thëngjijve thëngjijve
ablative thëngjijsh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thëngjill”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 476

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