sillë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *čīlā-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-tl-éh₂, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; rest, peace”).[1] Compare English while, Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá).

Noun

sillë f (plural silla, definite silla, definite plural sillat)

  1. (old) food brought out in the morning to a farmer working in the field
  2. breakfast

Declension
Declension of sillë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative sillë silla silla sillat
accusative sillën
dative sille sillave sillës sillavet
ablative sillash

Derived terms
  • silloj

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 225
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