qerthull
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unclear; from Proto-Albanian *kertsula,[1] possibly borrowed from Latin cercellus, circellus (“small ring, hoop”),[2] ultimately borrowed from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”). Doublet of qark, qarkull. Alternatively inherited from Proto-Indo-European *ker-ḱ-[1] or *kert- (“to turn, to bind”),[3] or simply qerth + -ull.
Noun
[edit]qerthull m (plural qerthuj, definite qerthulli, definite plural qerthujt)
- (textiles) skein winder, wrap reel, yarnwindle
- Synonym: shtjellës
- baby walker
- circuit, surrounding area
- Synonym: qark
- (figurative) plotline, thematic series of events
- (botany) shoots grown around the stalk of a plant
Declension
[edit]Declension of qerthull
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | qerthull | qerthulli | qerthuj | qerthujt |
| accusative | qerthullin | |||
| dative | qerthulli | qerthullit | qerthujve | qerthujve |
| ablative | qerthujsh | |||
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qerthull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 358
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “qérthull,-i”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 340-341
- ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 42
Categories:
- Albanian terms with unknown etymologies
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Latin
- Albanian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Albanian doublets
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms suffixed with -ull
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
- sq:Textiles
- sq:Botany