dhelpër

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • dhelpën, dhelpë, ledhpë — Gheg

Etymology

From an earlier *velpër via /v/ > /ð/ backing, from *velpën, from Proto-Albanian *welpinā, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯l(o)p ~ *h₂ulp (“(red) fox”) (compare Italian volpe, Lithuanian lãpė, Greek αλεπού (alepoú), Armenian աղվես (aġves)).[1] Compare dhespër for the same phonetic phenomenon.

Noun

dhelpër f (plural dhelpra, definite dhelpra, definite plural dhelprat)

  1. fox
    Synonym: skile

Declension
Declension of dhelpër
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative dhelpër dhelpra dhelpra dhelprat
accusative dhelprën
dative dhelpre dhelprave dhelprës dhelprave
ablative dhelprash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhelpër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 81
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