yll

See also: YLL

Albanian
Yje.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁us-los, whence Old English ysle, Old Norse usli (“embers”), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-los, compare Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, “reddish, ruddy; bright; matutinal”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”).[2] Also in view of the alterative with h-, there have been posited connections with *sóh₂wl̥, *sh₂wén- (“sun”), whence Latin sōl, and with *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ (“shadow”), whence Albanian hije.[3]

Pronunciation
  • (standard) IPA(key): /yːɫ/
  • (southern dialects) IPA(key): /iːɫ/, /uːɫ/

Noun

yll m (indefinite plural yje, definite singular ylli, definite plural yjet)

  1. (astronomy) star
  2. (colloquial) shooting star
  3. (figurative, archaic) fate, luck
    Synonyms: fat, lumturi
  4. (figurative, colloquial) reputation
    Synonym: famë
  5. (figurative) guiding light
  6. (colloquial) wart, mole
    Synonyms: lez, lyth

Declension
Declension of yll
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative yll yje ylli yjet
accusative yllin
dative ylli yjeve yllit yjevet
ablative yjesh

Hyponyms
  • yll deti (“starfish”)
  • yll i mollës (“apple blossom”)
  • yll me bisht (“comet”)
  • ylli i karvanit (“morning star, Venus”)
  • ylli polar (“northern star”)

Derived terms

Compounds

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 206
  2. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 220
  3. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “yll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 518
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