akull

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly:

1. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *keHl- whence also Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”), Proto-Slavic *kaliti (“to temper, harden”), Latin callum (“hardened skin”).
2. Borrowed from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“icicle”).
3. Akin Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc, “cold, frost”), suffixed with -ull, though the two terms are phonologically incompatible.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈakuɫ/
• Rhymes: -akuɫ

Noun

akull m (plural akuj)

1. ice

Adjective

akull (feminine akulle)

1. very cold, ice-cold

   Synonym: i ftohtë

2. (figurative) cold, insensible

   Synonyms: i ftohtë, i ngrirë

Adverb

akull

1. very

   Synonyms: shumë, fare

Alternative forms

• akullë — archaic
• akëll, hakull — dialectal

Derived terms

• akullaç
• akullçarës
• akullemë
• akullimë
• akullirë
• akullishtë
• akullmbajtëse
• akullnajë
• akulloj
• akullor
• akullsi
• akulltar
• akullthyes
• i akullt

 

Etymology 2

Possibly akin to Italian aculeo (“thorn”).

Noun

akull m (Calabria)

1. arrow

   Synonyms: shigjetë, heshtëz

   • 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, line 9:

     s'e pyrχγaccu aculi

     [s'e përgjaku akulli]

     the arrow did not make her bleed

References

• Miklosich, Franz (1871) “acúleus”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 1

Further reading

• Meyer, G. (1891) “akuł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 7
• Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary]‎^[3]
• “akull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[4] (in Albanian), 1980, page 21b
• Newmark, L. (1999) “akull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[5]
• “akull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006