vëlla

See also: vella and Vella

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *u̯əłáə, from *u̯əłáðə, from an earlier *u̯əłáðī. Ultimately from PIE *su̯e-(h₁)le/ou̯dʰii̯o-n-. The form of vëllezër (Tosk)/Vëllezën (Gheg) comes from Proto-Albanian *u̯ełédzenì, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *u̯eládi̯anì. Vëllezëri/Vllazni comes from Proto-Albanian *u̯eladi̯an-ía.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vəˈɫa]

Noun

vëllá m (plural vëllezër, definite vëllai, definite plural vëllezërit)

  1. brother

Declension

Declension of vëlla
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vëlla vëllai vëllezër vëllezërit
accusative vëllanë
dative vëllai vëllait vëllezërve vëllezërve
ablative vëllezërish

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “vëlla”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “vëlla”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 503

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “vëlla”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “vëlla”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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