thelb
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From older and dialectal thalb, from Proto-Albanian *tsalba, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) (compare Ancient Greek κέλυφος (kéluphos, “shell, pod”), Old English heolstor (“darkness”)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
thelb m (plural thelpinj, definite thelbi, definite plural thelpinjtë)
- kernel (of nut), meat (of walnut)
- core, pith, stone (of fruit)
- clove (of garlic)
- (botany) cotyledon
- (figurative) core, essence, heart
Declension[edit]
Declension of thelb
indefinite | definite | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | thelb | thelpinj | thelbi | thelpinjtë |
accusative | thelbin | |||
dative | thelbi | thelpinjve | thelbit | thelpinjvet |
ablative | thelpinjsh |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thelb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474