thelb

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From older and dialectal thalb, from Proto-Albanian *tsalba, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (to cover) (compare Ancient Greek κέλυφος (kéluphos, shell, pod), Old English heolstor (darkness)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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thelb m (plural thelpinj, definite thelbi, definite plural thelpinjtë)

  1. kernel (of nut), meat (of walnut)
  2. core, pith, stone (of fruit)
  3. clove (of garlic)
  4. (botany) cotyledon
  5. (figurative) core, essence, heart

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thelb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474