shlligë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Either from a tabooistic description derived from lig,[1] or from *lligë, from Proto-Albanian *sligā, the same Indo-European root of Old Irish selige (“turtle”) and German schleichen (“to crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).

Noun

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shlligë f (plural shllíga, definite shllíga, definite plural shllígat)

  1. viper, horned viper
    Synonyms: rrëshajë, nepërkë
  2. (mythology, folklore) kuçedër offspring, dragon hatchling
  3. (figurative) evil and spiteful wooman
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shlligë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 425

Further reading

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  • “shlligë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “shlligë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shlligë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 487
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