diell

Albanian

Alternative forms

• djel — Meyer

Etymology

Disputed:

1. From Proto-Albanian *delwa, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”), a tabooistic substitute of the original *sóh₂wl̥, based on a color objective. Cognate with Sanskrit हरि (hari), Latin helvus, Lithuanian žalias.
2. From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wélyos (“sun”), from the oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. For the development of the initial compare djersë (“sweat”) from *sweyd-, and dergjem (“lie ill”), from mediopassive Proto-Indo-European *sworgʰéyeti, from *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [djɛɫ]

Noun

diell m (plural diej, definite dielli, definite plural diejt)

1. sun

Declension

Declension of diell

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	diell	diej	dielli	diejt
accusative			diellin
dative	dielli	diejve	diellit	diejve
ablative		diejsh

Derived terms

• diellishtë
• diellor
• diellzoj

 

Related terms

• e dielë

 

Further reading

• “diell”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “diell”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980