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Albanian
Etymology
Cognate to Lithuanian šálti (“to freeze”), Sanskrit शिशिर (śíśira, “cold, cool”), Old Norse háll (“slippery”). Alternatively, a derivative of thellë, with an intermediate meaning of “darkness; storm” to “harsh cold”.
Noun
thëllim m (plural thëllime, definite thëllimi, definite plural thëllimet)
- harsh cold, frost
- Synonym: acar
Declension
- Verbal nouns in -im are grammatically masculine when singular and grammatically feminine in the plural.
Adjective
thëllim (feminine thëllime)
- (frozen and clear) weather (ice) wind, (severe) cold
- Synonym: acar
Further reading
- “thëllim”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “thëllim”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, L. (1999) “thëllim”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary