qiell
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin caelum (“sky, heaven”),[1][2] specifically from the nominative plural caelī.[3] First attested as feminine qiell/qiellja (Buzuku). Compare Italian cielo, Romanian cer.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editqiell m (plural qiej, definite qielli, definite plural qiejt)
Declension
editDeclension of qiell
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qiell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “qiell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1220
- ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 179
Further reading
edit- Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 9: “caelum — kiel”