llërë
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *alanā, compare Latin ulna (“forearm”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).[1] According to Huld, it's a borrowing from an ancient greek dialect from the Argead Kingdom labeled as Ancient Macedonian *ὠlénā (*ōlénā).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]llërë f (plural llërë, definite llëra, definite plural llërët)
Declension
[edit]Declension of llërë
Holonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 212
- ^ Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253
Further reading
[edit]- “llërë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “llërë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “llânë […] llërë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255