vlagë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A loanword from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic влага (vlaga, “moisture”), Serbo-Croatian влага (“moisture”); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *volga (“moisture”).[1][2][3] Although a connection with lag (“moisten”) has been proposed (Miklošič, Meyer), they are likely unrelated (yet, contamination cannot be excluded).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vlaːɡ/

Noun

vlagë f (definite vlaga)

  1. humidity, moisture (of the ground, vegetation)

Declension

Declension of vlagë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative vlagë vlaga
accusative vlagën
dat./abl. vlage vlagës
  • vlagët

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "vlagë", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 311-312
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “vlagë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1580
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vlagë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 512

Further reading

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