llogore

Albanian

Etymology

Sense 1 is likely a semantic evolution from the older sense tunnel. Possibly influenced by Serbo-Croatian lȏgor / ло̑гор ((military) camp).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɫoˈɡoɾe/
  • Rhymes: -oɾe

Noun

llogore f (plural llogore, definite llogorja, definite plural llogoret)

  1. (military) trench, ditch
    Synonym: hendek
  2. (dialectal) alternative form of llagore (sewer, tunnel)

Declension

Declension of llogore
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative llogore llogorja llogore llogoret
accusative llogoren
dative llogoreje llogores llogoreve llogoreve
ablative llogoresh

Further reading

  • llogore”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “llogór/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 1039a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “llogo-bere [] -re”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 256b