dallëndyshe

• dallandyshe, dëllëndyshe

Compound of Gheg dalluen ~ Tosk dalluar (“differentiated, made distinct”), past participle of dalloj, and dysh (“in two, double”), in reference to the swallow's forked tail.[1]

dallëndyshe f (indefinite plural dallëndyshe, definite singular dallëndyshja, definite plural dallëndyshet)

1. swallow (Hirundinidae)
2. (textiles) castle: forked part of the loom from which the heddles are suspended
3. wooden linchpin securing the stilt to the plowbeam
4. (equine anatomy) frog of a horse’s hoof

• (linchpin in plowbeam): rrogëz

• dallëndyshe bishtgëshërë (“barn swallow”) (Hirundo rustica)
• dallëndyshe e brigjeve (“bank swallow”) (Riparia riparia)
• dallëndyshe deti (“tern, sea swallow”) (Sterna hirundo)
• dallëndyshe kërbishtkuqe (“red-rumped swallow”) (Hirundo daurica)