veshtull

Albanian

Etymology

From vesh (“vine”) +‎ -tull.

Noun

véshtulla f (plural veshtulla, definite veshtulla, definite plural veshtullat)

  1. mistletoe
  2. milkweed
    Synonym: veshtullake
  3. (figurative) parasite, freeloader

Derived terms

  • veshtullake (“milkweed”)
  • veshtulli (“stickiness, viscosity; parasitic dependence”)
  • veshtullor (“sticky, viscous; clingy, parasitic”)

Further reading

  • “veshtull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “veshtull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[1]
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