llërë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *alanā, compare Latin ulna (“forearm”), Ancient Greek ὠλένη (ōlénē).[1] According to Huld, it's a borrowing from an ancient greek dialect from the Argead Kingdom labeled as Ancient Macedonian *ὠlénā (*ōlénā).[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɫəːɾ]

Noun

llërë f (indefinite plural llërë, definite singular llëra, definite plural llërët)

  1. upper arm

Declension
Declension of llërë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative llërë llëra llëra llërat
accusative llërën
dative llëre llërave llërës llëravet
ablative llërash

Holonyms

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 212
  2. Huld, Martin E. (1986). "Accentual Stratification of Ancient Greek Loanwords in Albanian". Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung. 99 (2): 245–253
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