yll

See also: YLL

Albanian

Yje.

Alternative forms

• hyll
• uvill, uj, ydh — eastern Gheg
• ill, ull, (plural) ile — Arvanitika, Arbëresh
• (Budi) yyll, (Buzuku) uill — obsolete

Etymology

Disputed. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁us-los, whence Old English ysle, Old Norse usli (“embers”), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *h₂us-los, compare Sanskrit उस्र (usrá, “reddish, ruddy; bright; matutinal”), from *h₂ews- (“to dawn”). Also in view of the alternative with h-, there have been posited connections with *sóh₂wl̥, *sh₂wén- (“sun”), whence Latin sōl, and with *(s)ḱeh₃ih₂ (“shadow”), whence Albanian hije.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /yɫ/

Noun

yll m (plural yje, definite ylli, definite plural yjet)

1. (astronomy) star
2. (figurative) fate, luck

   Synonyms: fat, lumturi

3. (colloquial) luminary
4. (colloquial) reputation

   Synonym: famë

Declension

Declension of yll

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	yll	yje	ylli	yjet
accusative			yllin
dative	ylli	yjeve	yllit	yjevet
ablative		yjesh

Hyponyms

• bishtyll (“comet”)
• yll deti (“starfish”)
• yll i mollës (“apple blossom”)
• yll me bisht (“comet”)
• ylli i karvanit (“morning star, Venus”)
• ylli polar (“northern star”)

 

Derived terms

• yej
• yjësi
• yjor
• yllak
• ylle
• yllës
• yllëz
• yllkë
• ylltoj
• yllth

 

Compounds

• yjeplotë
• yllnajë