Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Singularized plural of gjallë (alive).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gjellë f (plural gjellë, definite gjella, definite plural gjellët)

  1. food
  2. life

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: ghelã

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gjellë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 131