shqile

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A dialectal variant of *shtile, derived from shtjell, from which root also shtalb (rennet, rennet stomach). Alternatively a prefixal derivative of qel.

Noun[edit]

shqile f (plural shqile, definite shqilja, definite plural shqilet) (Northwestern Gheg)

  1. rennet
  2. rennet stomach

References[edit]

  • Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 370