Wiktionary

lëndinë

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *lędina (“untilled land”); compare Serbo-Croatian lèdina, Bulgarian леди́на (ledína).[1][2][3][4] Alternatively connected to lëndë, although seemingly unlikely, or perhaps directly from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.

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Noun edit

lëndinë m (plural lëndina, definite lëndina, definite plural lëndinat)

  1. untilled land
  2. meadow

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References edit

  1. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 148
  2. ^ Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1986), “ледина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 3 (крес¹ – мѝнго¹), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 345
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëndinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
  4. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “lëndinë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 882-883
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