thelb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• singular: thelp (pl. thelpinj), thalb, thalp
• plural: thelbe, thelba, thalba, thelbna

Etymology

From older and dialectal thalb, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *tsalba, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) (compare Ancient Greek κέλῦφος (kélûphos, “shell, pod”), Old English heolstor (“darkness”)).

Noun

thelb m (plural thelpinj, definite thelbi)

1. kernel (of nut), meat (of walnut)
2. core, pith, stone (of fruit)
3. clove (of garlic)
4. (botany) cotyledon
5. (figurative) core, essence, heart

Derived terms

• thelbësor
• thelbor
• thelpi