thëllim

Albanian

Etymology

Cognate to Lithuanian šálti (“to freeze”), Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cold, cool”), Old Norse háll (“slippery”). Alternatively, a derivative of thellë, with an intermediate meaning of “darkness; storm” to “harsh cold”.

Noun

thëllim m (plural thëllime, definite thëllimi, definite plural thëllimet)

1. harsh cold, frost

   Synonym: acar

Declension

Declension of thëllim

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	thëllim	thëllimi	thëllime	thëllimet
accusative		thëllimin
dative	thëllimi	thëllimit	thëllimeve	thëllimeve
ablative			thëllimesh

Verbal nouns in -im are grammatically masculine when singular and grammatically feminine in the plural.

Adjective

thëllim (feminine thëllime)

1. (frozen and clear) weather (ice) wind, (severe) cold

   Synonym: acar

Related terms

• këthjellët
• thellë
• thjellët

 

Further reading

• “thëllim”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “thëllim”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “thëllim”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]