djalë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dela, from *dʰeh₁-l-os, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l- (compare Latvian dêls (“son”), Old English delu (“teat”), Old Armenian դալ (dal)), from *dʰeh₁(y)- (“to suck”). Originally a neuter noun, as it appears in Buzuku's Meshari.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /(ˈ)djal(ə)/

Noun

djalë m (plural djem, definite djali, definite plural djemtë)

  1. boy
    Vëllai i saj është një djalë shumë joshës.
    Her brother is a very charming guy.
    • 2011, Liria Dedvukaj, S'më Meriton, Max Production:
      Me ty o djalë sa netet kalova
      With you, oh boy, how many nights did I pass

Declension
Declension of djalë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative djalë djem djali djemtë
accusative djalin
dative djali djemve djalit djemvet
ablative djemsh

References
  1. Jared Klein, Brian Joseph, Matthias Fritz, Handbook of Comparative Historical Indo-European Linguistics, 2018, Berlin/Boston, page 1756
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