Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Greek βδέλλα (vdélla).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

abdhellë f (plural abdhella, definite abdhella)

  1. (Arvanitika) leech, bloodsucker

References edit

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “abδelε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 1