mëlçi

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian milza or its variant, Italian milcia, with -ía suffix.

Noun

mëlçi f (plural mëlçi, definite mëlçia, definite plural mëlçitë)

  1. (anatomy) liver
    Synonym: hepar
  2. innards

Synonyms

Hyponyms

  • mëlçi e bardhë (lung)
  • mëlçi e zezë (liver)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëlçi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 259
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 134, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder