gjilpërë
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Albanian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *glepanā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to prick, stick”); related to gjep.[1] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *salpanā; related to gjalm.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gjilpërë f (plural gjilpëra, definite gjilpëra, definite plural gjilpërat)
- needle
- Nuk e di pse ka frikë nga gjilpërat.
- I don't know why he's afraid of needles.
- (medicine, by extension) hypodermic needle
- pin
- (by extension) firing pin
- (colloquial) prickly spine of hedgehog
- door jamb
Declension
[edit]Declension of gjilpërë
| indefinite | definite | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | gjilpërë | gjilpëra | gjilpëra | gjilpërat |
| accusative | gjilpërën | |||
| dative | gjilpëreje | gjilpërave | gjilpërës | gjilpërave |
| ablative | gjilpërash | |||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjilpërë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
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