këlysh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kulish (Tosk)

Etymology

From *kul + diminutive suffix -ysh, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)koli (compare Lithuanian skalìkas ‘hound’, Greek σκύλα (skýla) ‘female dog’).

Noun

këlysh m (indefinite plural këlyshë)

  1. animal young, cub, pup
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