thelë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Variant of felë.
Noun edit
thelë f (plural thela, definite thela, definite plural thelat)
- slice, cut (e.g. of meat)
- thelë mishi ― cut of meat
- Thela e madhe të ngec në fyt.
- Don't bite off more than you can chew.
- (literally, “The big slice sticks in your throat.”)
- segment (of a segmented fruit)
- thelë portokalli ― orange segment
- (figurative, humorous) slice, portion (of a profit)
- mori thelën më të madhe ― he took the biggest slice
- gash
Declension edit
Declension of thelë
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “thelë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006