thelb

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • singular: thelp (pl. thelpinj), thalb, thalp
  • plural: thelbe, thelba, thalba, thelbna

Etymology

From older and dialectal thalb, from Proto-Albanian *tsalba, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover”) (compare Ancient Greek κέλυφος (kéluphos, “shell, pod”), Old English heolstor (“darkness”)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈθɛlp]

Noun

thelb m (plural thelpinj, definite thelbi, definite plural thelpinjtë)

  1. kernel (of nut), meat (of walnut)
  2. core, pith, stone (of fruit)
  3. clove (of garlic)
  4. (botany) cotyledon
  5. (figurative) core, essence, heart

Declension
Declension of thelb
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative thelb thelpinj thelbi thelpinjtë
accusative thelbin
dative thelbi thelpinjve thelbit thelpinjvet
ablative thelpinjsh

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thelb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474
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