fendë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fên — Gheg
• fëndë — Tosk

Etymology

By surface analysis, fend (“to fart silently”) +‎ -ë, see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfendə/
• Rhymes: -endə

Noun

fendë f (plural fendë, definite fenda, definite plural fendët)

1. silent fart

   Hypernym: pordhë

2. (dialectal) pointless chatter, gossip

   Synonym: llaf

3. (dialectal) The faint explosion of a firearm lacking the right amount of gunpowder.

Declension

Declension of fendë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	fendë	fendë	fenda	fendët
accusative			fendën
dative	fendeje	fendëve	fendës	fendëve
ablative		fendësh

References

• “fénd/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 460b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “fënd […] -ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 105a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “φένdε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 459
• Meyer, G. (1891) “fend”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 101
• Rossi, F. (1875) “fènd”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 366ab