flutur

flutur

Albanian

Etymology

Back-formation from fluturoj ‘to fly; go fast’.[1]

Adjective

flutur

1. fast and agile
2. moving lightly

Derived terms

• fluturak, fluturushë

Adverb

flutur

1. quickly

Noun

flutur f (indefinite plural flutura, definite singular flutura, definite plural fluturat)

1. butterfly, moth
2. liver fluke, sheep liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica)

Synonyms

• (moth): fukadrugë, molë, tenjë

Derived terms

• fluturashkë, fluturore

References

1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 101.