rrobull

Albanian

Alternative forms

• robull, rrubull — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin robur (“oak”). The ending may be either reanalysis as -ull or resonant dissimilation as also in Spanish roble, Sicilian rùvulu. The semantic shift towards “pine” may have been influenced by phonetic similarity with Proto-Slavic *borъ (“pine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrobuɫ/
• Rhymes: -obuɫ

Noun

rrobull m (plural rrobuj, definite rrobulli, definite plural rrobujt)

1. Bosnian pine (Pinus heldreichii)

   Synonyms: arti, arne i kuq, murë, pishë mali

2. (dialectal) various species of oak (Quercus)

   Synonym: lis

Declension

Declension of rrobull

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	rrobull	rrobulli	rrobuj	rrobujt
accusative		rrobullin
dative	rrobulli	rrobullit	rrobujve	rrobujve
ablative			rrobujsh

Derived terms

• rrobull i bardhë
• rrobull i kuq

Descendants

• → Aromanian: arobul
• → Greek: ρόμπολο (rómpolo)

References

• “rróbu/ll,~lli”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 1709b
• Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “rrobulli”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 290b
• Çabej, E. (2002) “rrobull”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes VI: N–Rr, Tirana, page 332ab
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rróbull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 440b
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrobull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 388