zall

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós, “river bank”), borrowed as Proto-Albanian *aigjala,[1] while Çabej considers it an inherited word.[2]

Noun

zall m (plural zaje, definite zalli, definite plural zajet)

  1. river sand, riverbank

Declension

Declension of zall
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zall zalli zaje zajet
accusative zallin
dative zalli zallit zajeve zajeve
ablative zajesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 519
  2. ^ Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore: Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, Rilindja, 1975, page. 79

Further reading

  • “zall”, 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

Breton

Adjective

zall

  1. soft mutation of dall

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English salt, from Old English sealt, from Proto-West Germanic *salt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zal/

Noun

zall

  1. salt

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 80
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