llucë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- lucë
Etymology
Alteration of dialectal lucë, borrowed from Latin lutea.[1][2]
Noun
llucë f (indefinite plural lluca, definite singular lluca, definite plural llucat)
- thin or shallow mud
- muddy place
Synonyms
- (mud): baltë
- (muddy place): baltinë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 232–3
- Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1999), 160.