qiell
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin caelum (“sky, heaven”),[1][2] specifically from the nominative plural caelī.[3] First attested as feminine qiell/qiellja (Buzuku). Compare Italian cielo, Romanian cer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
qiell m (plural qiej, definite qielli, definite plural qiejt)
Declension[edit]
Declension of qiell
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qiell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “qiell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1220
- ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 179
Further reading[edit]
- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 9: “caelum — kiel”