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gjalpë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *selpa,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *sélp-os, from *selp- (fat, oil) +‎ *-os.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gjalpë m (definite gjalpi)

  1. butter

Declension

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Declension of gjalpë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative gjalpë gjalpi
accusative gjalpin
dative/ablative gjalpi gjalpit

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “gjalpë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 129:PAlb *selpa
  2. ^ Kölligan, Daniel (2017–2018), “Chapter XX: Proto-Indo-European”, in Klein, Jared S., Joseph, Brian D., Fritz, Matthias, editors, Handbook of Comparative and Historical Indo-European Linguistics: An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft [Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science]; 41.2), Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, § The lexicon of Proto-Indo-European, page 2243

Further reading

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  • gjalpë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “gjalpë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]