bollë

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See also: bolle, Bolle, and Bölle

Albanian

Alternative forms

boljë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bālwā, close to Latin bēlua (“beast”) (cf. Italian belva and Romanian balaur. According to price, they might have be of Dacian origin.^[1]^[2] It could also be of Pre-indo-European origins alongside Greek πελώριον (pelórion).^[3]

Noun

bollë f (plural bolla, definite bolla, definite plural bollat)

any of various nonvenomous snakes of the families Colubridae or Boidae
glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)
(mythology) a kuçedër's early form

Declension

Declension of bollë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bollë	bolla	bolla	bollat
accusative	bollë	bollën	bolla	bollat
dative	bolleje	bollës	bollave	bollave
ablative	bolleje	bollës	bollash	bollave

Hyponyms

bollë shtëpisë (“Aesculapian snake”) (Zamenis longissimus)
bollë laramane, bollë leopard (“European ratsnake, leopard snake”) (Zamenis situla)
bollë varrezash, bollëshordjë (“chicken-snake, four-lined ratsnake”) (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
bollë e rërës (“javelin sand boa”) (Eryx jaculus)
bollë uji (“grass snake”) (Natrix natrix)
bollëverbët (“slowworm, blindworm”) (Anguis fragilis)

Derived terms

bullar, bollujësë, bollësharde

References

^ Price 2000, p. 21
^ Price, Glanville (2000). Encyclopedia of the Languages of Europe. Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition
^ DEX & balaur.

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