mëllë
See also: melle, mellé, and mellé-
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mullâ (Gheg)
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *melana ‘black’, from Proto-Indo-European *mel(H)-n- ‘dull black’ (compare Latvian męl̃ns ‘black’, Serbo-Croatian malina ‘raspberry’, Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina) ‘black’). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘grudge, resentment’, compare zi. Doublet of mullâ.
Noun
mëllë m (indefinite plural mëllënj, definite singular mëllëri)
- (Tosk) grudge, resentment
- bump or swelling caused by trauma
- knot, gnarl, knurl on a tree trunk
- (medicine) scrofula
- hard piece of bread or bread crust
Synonyms
- grudge: keqdashje, smirë
- lump, knot: bullungë
- scrofula: breshkëz
Derived terms
- mëllak, mëllugë, mllef
Related terms
- mëllenjë