shlivë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian šljȉva / шљи̏ва (“plum”), with the sense likely carried over as a back-formation from shlivovicë.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlivə/
• Rhymes: -ivə

Noun

shlivë f (dialectal)

1. plum brandy, slivovitz

   Synonym: shlivovicë

References

• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “shlivë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 257