mjellmë
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From miell, because of its color; from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (“white”). Structurally identical with Lithuanian melmuõ (“kidney stone”), Old Saxon melm (“sand, dust”) and Old High German melm (“dust”), both Proto-Germanic forms from *malmaz, *malmōn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mjellmë f (plural mjellma, definite mjellma, definite plural mjellmat)
- swan (Cygnus)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | mjellmë | mjellma | mjellma | mjellmat |
accusative | mjellmën | |||
dative | mjellmeje | mjellmës | mjellmave | mjellmave |
ablative | mjellmash |
Hyponyms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Aromanian: mielmã