diell

Albanian

dielli

Alternative forms

• djel — Meyer
• dill — Gheg

Etymology

Disputed. Possibilities include:

• From Proto-Albanian *delwa, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃u̯o-, from the root *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”), a tabooistic substitute for the original *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Lithuanian žel̃vas, Latin helvus, Sanskrit हरि (hari).
• From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wélyos (“sun”), from the oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. For the development of the initial compare djersë (“sweat”) from *sweyd-, and dergjem (“waste away, be bedridden”), from mediopassive Proto-Indo-European *sworgʰéyeti, from *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [djɛɫ]

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Noun

diell m (plural diej, definite dielli, definite plural diejt)

1. sun

Declension

Declension of diell

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	diell	dielli	diej	diejt
accusative		diellin
dative	dielli	diellit	diejve	diejve
ablative			diejsh

Derived terms

• dielldridhës
• diellishtë
• diellor
• diellshëm
• diellzim
• diellzohet
• diellzoj
• diellzon

Related terms

• e diel

Further reading

• Jani Thomai et al. (2006), “diell”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), Tiranë: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “diell”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press