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cëril

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An onomatopoeia, related to cicëroj and cirlë.[1] In view of variant cërllë (with -rn- assimilation), Orel suggests a South Slavic origin; compare Serbo-Croatian crnilo (“blackness; ink”), Macedonian црнило (crnilo, “blackness”).[2]

Noun

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cëril m (plural cërila, definite cërili, definite plural cërilat)

  1. song thrush, throstle (Turdus philomelos)
    Synonyms: tushë këngëtare, cirlë, cërre, mullibardhë

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore III, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, p.25-27
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cëril”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 46
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