veshtull

Albanian

Etymology

From vesh (“vine”) +‎ -tull.

Noun

véshtulla f (plural veshtulla, definite veshtulla, definite plural veshtullat)

1. mistletoe
2. milkweed

   Synonym: veshtullake

3. (figurative) parasite, freeloader

Derived terms

• veshtullake (“milkweed”)
• veshtulli (“stickiness, viscosity; parasitic dependence”)
• veshtullor (“sticky, viscous; clingy, parasitic”)

Further reading

• “veshtull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “veshtull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[1]