Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *salpna; cognate with Lithuanian iš-selpinė́ti (to be divided) and Ukrainian солόпити (solόpyty, to stick one’s tongue out).[1]

Noun edit

gjalm m (plural gjalma, definite gjalmi, definite plural gjalmat)

  1. leather or wool thong
  2. strong cord, band, or tie
  3. yarn

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjalm”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 129