nofull

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin in offulā, from offula (“small bit”); compare Neapolitan gnuòffele, guòffole (“jawbone”).[1][2]

Noun

nofull f (plural nofulla, definite nofulla, definite plural nofullat)

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
    Synonym: çaul
  2. clamp

Declension

Declension of nofull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nofull nofulla nofulla nofullat
accusative nofulln
dative nofulle nofulls nofullave nofullave
ablative nofullash

Derived terms

  • nofulldalë
  • nofullgjerë
  • nofullor
  • nofullshtrëmbër

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nofull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
  2. ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 383:4.

Further reading

  • “nofull”, 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
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