mëllë

See also: melle, mellé, and mellé-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mullâ (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *melana (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-n-os, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”) (compare Latvian męl̃ns (“black”), Serbo-Croatian malina (“raspberry”), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”)). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘grudge, resentment’, compare zi. Ultimately a doublet of miell.

Noun

mëllë m (plural mëllënj, definite mëllëri)

1. (Tosk) grudge, resentment
2. bump or swelling caused by trauma
3. knot, gnarl, knurl on a tree trunk
4. (medicine) scrofula
5. hard piece of bread or bread crust

Synonyms

• grudge: keqdashje, smirë
• lump, knot: bullungë
• scrofula: breshkëz

Derived terms

• mëllak, mëllugë, mllef

Related terms

• mëllenjë