gardalinë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• gardelinë — northwestern Gheg, Shkodër

Etymology

From Italian cardellino.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾdaˈlinə/
• Rhymes: -inə
• Hyphenation: gar‧da‧lí‧në

Noun

gardalinë f (plural gardalína, definite gardalína, definite plural gardalínat) (zoology)

1. (originally Gheg, Shkodër, Tiranë) European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

   Synonyms: faqekuq, kryeartëz, karderinë

Declension

Declension of gardalinë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gardalinë	gardalina	gardalina	gardalinat
accusative		gardalinën
dative	gardaline	gardalinës	gardalinave	gardalinave
ablative			gardalinash

Further reading

• “gardalinë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “gardalinë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gardalinë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 122