thellë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Albanian *ćau̯ila/*ćau̯ilā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówilos/-eh₂.[1] Compare Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [θeɫə]

Adjective

i thellë (feminine plural të thella)

  1. deep, profound, abstruse

Antonyms

Derived terms

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 252

Further reading

  • thellë”, 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) “thellë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]