fendë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fên — Gheg
• fëndë — Tosk

Etymology

By surface analysis, fend (“to fart silently”) +‎ -ë, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfendə/
• Rhymes: -endə

Noun

fendë f (plural fendë, definite fenda, definite plural fendët)

1. silent fart

   Hypernym: pordhë

2. (dialectal) pointless chatter, gossip

   Synonym: llaf

3. (dialectal) The faint explosion of a firearm lacking the right amount of gunpowder.

Declension

Declension of fendë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fendë	fenda	fendë	fendët
accusative		fendën
dative	fendeje	fendës	fendëve	fendëve
ablative			fendësh

References

• “fénd/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 460b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “fënd […] -ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 105a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “φένdε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης (in Greek), Athens, page 459
• Meyer, G. (1891) “fend”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 101
• Rossi, F. (1875) “fènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 366ab