hulli

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *selk- (“to pull”). Compare Latin sulcus (“furrow”), Old English sulh, Ancient Greek ἕλκω (hélkō, “to drag”), ὁλκός (holkós, “draft”). Related to heq.

Noun

hullí f

  1. furrow
  2. groove, wrinkle
  3. (medicine) sulcus

Declension

Declension of hulli
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hulli hullia hulli hullitë
accusative hullinë
dative hullie hullisë hullive hullive
ablative hullish

Further reading

  • “hulli”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “hulli”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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