yll

See also: YLL

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hyll
• plural: yj
• East Gheg: uvill, uj, ydh
• South Tosk, Arvanitic, Arbëreshë: ill, ull
  • plural: ile

Etymology

From Old Albanian ȳll (Budi <yyll>, Buzuku <uill>), from Proto-Albanian *usla, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁us-los (compare Old English ysle (“hot ashes”)), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”) (compare Latin ūrere, Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”)). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-los (compare Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, “reddish, ruddy; bright; matutinal”)), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”) (compare English Easter, Latin aurōra, Lithuanian aušrà).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yːɫ/ (Standard Albanian)
• IPA^(key): /iːɫ/, /uːɫ/ (southern dial.)

Noun

yll m (plural yje, definite ylli, definite plural yjet)

1. (astronomy) star
2. (colloquial) shooting star
3. (figurative, old) fate, luck
4. (figurative, colloquial) reputation
5. (figurative) guiding light
6. (colloquial) wart, mole

Declension

Declension of yll

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	yll	yje	ylli	yjet
accusative			yllin
dative	ylli	yjeve	yllit	yjeve
ablative		yjesh

Synonyms

• (fate, luck): fat, lumturi
• (reputation): famë
• (wart, mole): lez, lyth

Hyponyms

hyponyms

• yll deti (“starfish”)
• ylli i karvanit (“morning star, Venus”)
• yll i mollës (“apple blossom”)
• yll me bisht (“comet”)
• ylli polar (“northern star”)

Derived terms

• yej
• yjësi
• yjor
• yllak
• ylle
• yllës
• yllëz
• yllkë
• ylltoj
• yllth

 

Compounds

• yjeplotë
• yllnajë