mjegull

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Apocope of dialectal mjegullë, from Proto-Albanian *meg(u)lā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃migʰ-leh₂ (“mist”) (compare Lithuanian miglà, Polish mgła, Greek ομίχλη (omíchli)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmjɛɡuɫ/

Noun

mjegull f (plural mjegulla, definite mjegulla, definite plural mjegullat)

  1. fog
  2. haze, mist

Declension

Declension of mjegull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mjegull mjegulla mjegulla mjegullat
accusative mjegullën
dative mjegulle mjegullës mjegullave mjegullave
ablative mjegullash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mjegull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 269

Further reading

  • “mjegull”, 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) “mjegull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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