djalë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dela, from *dʰeh₁-l-os, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l- (compare Latvian dêls (“son”), Old English delu (“teat”), Old Armenian դալ (dal)), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Originally a neuter noun, as it appears in Buzuku's Meshari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ˈ)djal(ə)/

Noun

djalë m (plural djem, definite djali, definite plural djemtë)

1. boy

   Vëllai i saj është një djalë shumë joshës.

   Her brother is a very charming guy.

   • 2011, Liria Dedvukaj, S'më Meriton, Max Production:

     Me ty o djalë sa netet kalova

     With you, oh boy, how many nights did I pass

Declension

Declension of djalë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	djalë	djali	djem	djemtë
accusative		djalin
dative	djali	djalit	djemve	djemve
ablative			djemsh

Further reading

• “djalë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “djalë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “djalë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]