vishkull
Albanian
editEtymology
editPossibly from Romance *viscula (cf. Neapolitan višiyyu (“young oak tree”)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvishkull m (plural vishkuj, definite vishkulli, definite plural vishkujt) (also as an adjective)
- birch, rod, cane, withy, lash
- Synonym: thupër
- sapling, young tree (usually straight, without branches or buds)
- (adverb, figurative) naked
Declension
editDeclension of vishkull
indefinite | definite | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | vishkull | vishkuj | vishkulli | vishkujt |
accusative | vishkullin | |||
dative | vishkulli | vishkujve | vishkullit | vishkujve |
ablative | vishkujsh |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “vishkull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “vishkull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “víshkull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 558