balenë
Albanian
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Italian balena (“whale”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]balénë f (plural baléna, definite baléna, definite plural balénat)
- (zoology) whale
- (colloquial) whalebone, whalebone stay
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | balenë | balena | balena | balenat |
| accusative | balenën | |||
| dative | balene | balenës | balenave | balenave |
| ablative | balenash | |||
Hyponyms
[edit]- balena kokëmadhe (“common rorqual”) (Balaenoptera physalus)
- balena me mustaqe (“baleen whale”) (Mystacoceti)
- balena me sqep (“goosebeak whale, Cuvier's beaked whale”) (Ziphius cavirostris)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “balenë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]