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lëndinë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *lędina (untilled land); compare Serbo-Croatian lèdina, Bulgarian леди́на (ledína).[1][2][3][4] Alternatively connected to lëndë, although seemingly unlikely, or perhaps directly from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lëndínë f (plural lëndina, definite lëndina, definite plural lëndinat)

  1. untilled land
  2. meadow

Declension

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Declension of lëndinë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lëndinë lëndina lëndina lëndinat
accusative lëndinën
dative lëndine lëndinës lëndinave lëndinave
ablative lëndinash

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997), Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 148
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ледина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 345
  3. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “lëndinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
  4. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “lëndinë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 882-883

Further reading

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  • lëndinë”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “lëndinë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]