pellg

Albanian

Etymology

From Old Albanian pellëg, borrowed from Ancient Greek πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”).

Noun

pellg m (plural pellgje, definite pellgu, definite plural pellgjet)

1. puddle, pool, pond
2. deep part of a body of water
3. basin of a body of water and the surrounding land
4. bight in a body of water
5. basin of land containing mineral deposits

Declension

Declension of pellg

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pellg	pellgu	pellgje	pellgjet
accusative		pellgun
dative	pellgu	pellgut	pellgjeve	pellgjeve
ablative			pellgjesh

Derived terms

• pellgaçe
• pellgishte
• pellgore
• pellgovinë
• pëllëng, pellëng

Further reading

• “pellg”, 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, Leonard (1999), “pellg”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary