fildishtë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • fildishët, fildiçtë, fëldishtë — dialectal

Etymology

From fildish (“ivory”) +‎ -të.

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -iʃtə

Adjective

i fildishtë

  1. ivory (made in ivory)
  2. (poetic) shining or ivory-coloured

References
  • “fildishtë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 470a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “fildish […] -ët”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 107a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “fiľ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 104f.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.