flutur

Albanian

Etymology

Orel proposes a back-formation from fluturoj (to fly; go fast), from a Vulgar Latin *fluctulāre, from Latin fluctuare.[1]

Alternatively, the word could come from Proto-Albanian *flugtur, forming a group of words together with fletë, flatër, flegër, flugë. The word may have been borrowed into Romanian as fluture.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

Adjective

flutur

  1. fast and agile
  2. moving lightly

Derived terms

  • fluturak, fluturushë

Adverb

flutur

  1. quickly

Noun

flutur f (plural flutura, definite flutura, definite plural fluturat)

  1. butterfly, moth
  2. liver fluke, sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • fluturashkë, fluturore

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “flutur”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 101
  2. Limba Romana, Volumes 32-33, 1983, page 478.
  3. Eqrem Çabej, Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, Volume 4, Akdademia e Shkencave e RPS të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe Letërsisë, 1996, page 208.
  4. Studia Albanica, Volumes 3-4, L'institut, 1966, page 79.
  5. Vladimir Ivanov Georgiev, Nikolai Todorov, Vasilka Tupkova-Zaimova, Actes du premier congres international des etudes balkaniques et sud-est européennes, Académie bulgare des sciendes, Sofia, 1968, page 869.
  6. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz, Amsterdam-Atlanta, 1997, page 173.
  7. Jani Thomai, Prejardhja semantike në gjuhën shqipe, Mihal Duri, 1989, page 62, 189.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈflutur]

Verb

flutur

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of flutura

Noun

flutur m (plural fluturi)

  1. Alternative form of fluture
Declension
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