thelb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• singular: thelp (pl. thelpinj), thalb, thalp
• plural: thelbe, thelba, thalba, thelbna

Etymology

From older and dialectal thalb, from Proto-Albanian *tsalba, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) (compare Ancient Greek κέλυφος (kéluphos, “shell, pod”), Old English heolstor (“darkness”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈθɛlp]

Noun

thelb m (plural thelpinj, definite thelbi, definite plural thelpinjtë)

1. kernel (of nut), meat (of walnut)
2. core, pith, stone (of fruit)
3. clove (of garlic)
4. (botany) cotyledon
5. (figurative) core, essence, heart

Declension

Declension of thelb

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	thelb	thelpinj	thelbi	thelpinjtë
accusative			thelbin
dative	thelbi	thelpinjve	thelbit	thelpinjvet
ablative		thelpinjsh

Derived terms

• thelbësor
• thelbor
• thelpi