dordolec

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Macedonian додола (dodola, “rainmaker”) + -ec; variants blended with дожд (dožd, “rain”) and добар (dobar, “good, kind”).

Noun

dordolec m (plural dordolecë, definite dordoleci, definite plural dordolecët)

  1. scarecrow
  2. (ethnology) boy wearing fern and hellebore leaves and sprinkled with water in a ceremony to attract rain
  3. (figurative) laughing stock

Declension

Declension of dordolec
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dordolec dordoleci dordolecë dordolecët
accusative dordolecin
dative dordoleci dordolecit dordolecëve dordolecëve
ablative dordolecësh

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Åarhus: Aarhus UP, 1992), 214.
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 65.

Further reading

  • “dordolec”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe ‎, 1980
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