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)‎, volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 257
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