lagë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Akin to lag (“to wet, moisten”), lëgatë (“marsh”)[1] and possibly laç (“wetland”).[2] Likely a formation from Proto-Indo-European *welg- (“wet, damp”), akin to Proto-Slavic *vòlga (“moisture”).[3][2] Alternatively borrowed from South Slavic descendants of it,[4] compare Serbo-Croatian vlȁga／вла̏га, Aromanian vlagã (“moisture”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lagë f (uncountable)
- raindrop
- Synonym: pikë
- moisture, dampness
- Synonym: lagështi
- part of the globe covered with water (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
- Coordinate term: terë
- In the game of lagaterë, the wet side of a rock.
- Coordinate term: terë
- (figurative) small amount, bit (of liquid), drop
- Synonym: pikë
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lag”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 210
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 229f.
- ^ Vasmer, Max (1921) Studien zur albanischen Wortforschung (Acta et commentationes 34 Universitatis Dorpatensis; 1) (in German), Dorpat, page 37
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ľak”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 235
Further reading edit
- “lág/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 935a