llërë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *alanā, compare Latin ulna (“forearm”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).[1] According to Huld, it's a borrowing from an ancient greek dialect from the Argead Kingdom labeled as Ancient Macedonian *ὠlénā (*ōlénā).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɫəɾə]

Noun

llërë f (plural llërë, definite llëra, definite plural llërët)

  1. upper arm
  2. arm
    Synonym: krah
  3. ell

Declension
Declension of llërë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative llërë llëra llëra llërat
accusative llërën
dative llëre llërave llërës llëravet
ablative llërash

Holonyms

Derived terms
  • llërëbardhë
  • llërëçeliktë
  • llërëdjegur
  • llërëjashtë
  • llërëpërveshur
  • llërëplotë
  • llërëzbuluar
  • llërëzhveshur

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 212
  2. Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253

Further reading
  • “llërë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “llërë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llânë […] llërë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 255
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