lëndë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lentā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *lenteh₂,[1] from a tentative root *lent-, or a wanderword. Compare Old High German linta (“linden”), Lithuanian lentà (“board”), Proto-Slavic *lǫtъ (“bast”). Possibly connected with lëndinë (“heath, pasture”).

Noun

lëndë f (indefinite plural lëndë, definite singular lënda, definite plural lëndët)

  1. (physics) matter, substance
  2. timber

Declension
Declension of lëndë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative lëndë lëndë lënda lëndët
accusative lëndën
dative lënde lëndëve lëndës lëndëvet
ablative lëndësh

Derived terms

References
  1. Mallory, J. P.; Adams, D. Q. (2006), “*lentehₐ-”, in The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 161
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