bajloz
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بالیوس (balyos),[1] ultimately from Venetan bailo (“title of a Venetian ambassador”); reflecting in the sea-monster meaning a negative attitude towards Venetocracy in Albania.
Noun
[edit]bajloz m (plural bajlozë, definite bajlozi, definite plural bajlozët)
- (historical) emissary, especially of Venice
- a giant sea monster in Albanian mythology that wreaks havoc
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bajloz | bajlozi | bajlozë | bajlozët |
accusative | bajlozin | |||
dative | bajlozi | bajlozit | bajlozëve | bajlozëve |
ablative | bajlozësh |