Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From *gobë, reflecting Proto-Albanian *gāub-elā, related to Lithuanian gaũbti (to cover, to wrap), Proto-Slavic *gъnǫti (to bend).[1] Compare Romanian gobellă.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gobellë f (plural gobella, definite gobella, definite plural gobellat)

  1. deep place in water

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gobellë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 162