vishkull

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Romance *viscula (cf. Neapolitan višiyyu (“young oak tree”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviʃkuɫ/
• Rhymes: -kuɫ
• Hyphenation: vísh‧kull

Noun

vishkull m (plural vishkuj, definite vishkulli, definite plural vishkujt) (also as an adjective)

1. birch, rod, cane, withy, lash

   Synonym: thupër

2. sapling, young tree (usually straight, without branches or buds)

   Synonyms: filiz, mënjollë

3. (adverb, figurative) naked

   Synonyms: lakuriq, cullak

Declension

Declension of vishkull

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vishkull	vishkulli	vishkuj	vishkujt
accusative		vishkullin
dative	vishkulli	vishkullit	vishkujve	vishkujve
ablative			vishkujsh

Derived terms

• vishkullajë
• vishkullar
• vishkullim
• vishkulloj

 

Further reading

• “vishkull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “vishkull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “víshkull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 558