akull

Albanian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Possibly:

  1. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *keHl- whence also Proto-Celtic *kaletos (“hard”), Proto-Slavic *kaliti (“to temper, harden”), Latin callum (“hardened skin”).[1]
  2. Borrowed from Germanic, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jekulaz (“icicle”).[2]
  3. Akin Old Armenian ոյծ (oyc, “cold, frost”), suffixed with -ull,[3] though the two terms are phonologically incompatible.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈakuɫ/
  • Rhymes: -akuɫ

Noun

akull m

  1. ice
Declension
Declension of akull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative akull akulli akuj akujt
accusative akullin
dative akulli akullit akujve akujve
ablative akujsh

Adjective

akull (feminine akulle)

  1. very cold, ice-cold
    Synonym: i ftohtë
  2. (figurative) cold, insensible
    Synonyms: i ftohtë, i ngrirë

Adverb

akull

  1. very
    Synonyms: shumë, fare

Alternative forms

  • akullë — archaic
  • akëll, hakull — dialectal

Derived terms

  • akullaç
  • akullçarës
  • akullemë
  • akullimë
  • akullirë
  • akullishtë
  • akullmbajtëse
  • akullnajë
  • akulloj
  • akullor
  • akullsi
  • i akullt
  • akulltar
  • akullthyes

References

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2011) “ákull”, in Nga vepra “Fjalor etimologjik i gjuhës shqipe” (Studime Filologjike)‎[1], numbers 1–2, page 14
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “akull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 3f.
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[2] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 74

Etymology 2

Possibly akin to Italian aculeo (“thorn”).

Noun

akull m (Calabria)

  1. arrow
    Synonyms: shigjetë, heshtëz
    • 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, line 9:
      s'e pyrχγaccu aculi
      [s'e përgjaku akulli]
      the arrow did not make her bleed

References

  • Miklosich, Franz (1871) “acúleus”, in Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (Albanische Forschungen; 2), Vienna, page 1

Further reading

  • Meyer, G. (1891) “akuł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 7
  • Jungg, G. (1895) Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary]‎[3]
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[4], 1980, page 21b
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “akull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[5]
  • “akull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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