lëndinë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- ledinë
- lendinë
Etymology
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *lędina (“untilled land”); compare Serbo-Croatian lèdina, Bulgarian леди́на (ledína).[1][2][3][4] Alternatively connected to lëndë, although seemingly unlikely, or perhaps directly from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləndiːn/
Noun
lëndinë m (indefinite plural lëndina, definite singular lëndina, definite plural lëndinat)
- untilled land
- meadow
Synonyms
- djerrinë
- livadh
- shesh
References
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350), volume I. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 148
- Georgiev V. I., editor (1986), “ледина”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 3, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 345
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lëndinë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
- Topalli, Kolec (2017), “lëndinë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 882-883