gjilpërë

Albanian
gjilpëra

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *glepanā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to prick, stick”); related to gjep.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *salpanā; related to gjalm.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟilˈpəɾə/, /ɟʑɪlˈpəɹ/

Noun

gjilpërë f (indefinite plural gjilpëra, definite singular gjilpëra, definite plural gjilpërat)

  1. needle
    Nuk e di pse ka frikë nga gjilpërat.
    I don't know why he's afraid of needles.
  2. (medicine, by extension) hypodermic needle
  3. pin
  4. (by extension) firing pin
  5. (colloquial) prickly spine of hedgehog
  6. door jamb

Declension
Declension of gjilpërë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gjilpërë gjilpëra gjilpëra gjilpërat
accusative gjilpërën
dative gjilpëre gjilpërave gjilpërës gjilpëravet
ablative gjilpërash

Derived terms
  • gjilpërëqyqe
  • gjilpërëz
  • gjilpëroj
  • gjilpëryer

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
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