dhelpër

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • dhelpën (Gheg), dhelpë (North Gheg), ledhpë (North Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dzelpinā, altered from earlier *welpinā, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯l(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”) (compare Italian volpe, Lithuanian lãpė, Greek αλεπού (alepoú), Armenian աղվես (ałves)).[1]

Noun

dhelpër f (indefinite plural dhelpra, definite singular dhelpra, definite plural dhelprat)

  1. fox

Declension
Declension of dhelpër
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dhelpër dhelpra dhelpra dhelprat
accusative dhelprën
dative dhelpre dhelprave dhelprës dhelprave
ablative dhelprash

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
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