halë

See also: hale, Hale, halé, hâlé, hâle, and halę

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haːl/

Etymology 1

From the development of the sense “splinter, pointed tip, awn” to “pine needles” (see Etymology 2 below) and then narrowed to the specific tree name. For the semantic development, compare Icelandic barr (“pine needles”) from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“(awn of) barley”).

Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élsnos (“alder”) (compare Lithuanian al̃ksnis, Latin alnus), derivative of *h₂élis- (compare dialectal Serbo-Croatian jelha, Dutch els). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)

1. Austrian pine, European black pine (Pinus nigra)

Inflection

Declension of halë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	halë	hala	hala	halat
accusative			halën
dative	haleje	halave	halës	halave
ablative		halash

Synonyms

• borigë, vgje

Derived terms

• halëz

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *skalā, from Proto-Indo-European *skoléh₂ (compare English shale, Lithuanian skalà (“splinter”)), from the root *skel(H)- (“to split”).

Noun

halë f (plural hala, definite hala, definite plural halat)

1. awn, beard of grain
2. fishbone
3. leaf of a conifer, pine needle, aciculum
4. pointed tip

Inflection

Declension of halë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	halë	hala	hala	halat
accusative			halën
dative	haleje	halave	halës	halave
ablative		halash

Derived terms

• hajmë, hajthëm, hakël, halmucë, halth, halurinë