shqile

Albanian

Alternative forms

shqilë f, shqil m

Etymology

A dialectal variant of *shtile, derived from shtjell, from which root also shtalb (“rennet, rennet stomach”). Alternatively a prefixal derivative of qel.

Noun

shqile f (plural shqile, definite shqilja, definite plural shqilet) (Northwestern Gheg)

References

Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 370