kullumbri

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derivative of *kullumbë borrowed from Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The plant is called after the bird as Romanian porumb (“maze, corn”) after palombes (“dove”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kullumbri f (plural kullumbri, definite kullumbria, definite plural kullumbritë)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) turtle dove, Eurasian collared dove
    Synonyms: turtull, guguçe
  2. (botany) blackthorn; sloe

Declension

Declension of kullumbri
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kullumbri kollumbria kollumbria kollumbriat
accusative kullumbrin
dative kollumbrieje kullumbris kollumbriave kollumbriave
ablative kollumbriash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kullumbri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203

Further reading

  • “kullumbri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “kullumbri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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