pendë

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See also: pende and pendé

Albanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin pinna.[1]

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Noun[edit]

pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)

  1. feather, quill
  2. fin (of fish)
  3. vane (of waterwheel)
  4. dike; weir
Declension[edit]
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pendë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *pendā, from Proto-Indo-European *spen-d-. Compare Latvian spanda (rope binding plow to yoke), English span, Ossetian fsondz (yoke).[1]

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)

  1. pair or team of draft animals yoked together
    një pendë qe
    a yoke of oxen
  2. juger, measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen can plow in a day
    një pendë dhe
    3,000 sq. meters of land
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-5