bulë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "bule"
Albanian
Etymology
Compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃-, Middle High German bolle (“bud”), Greek φύλλο (fýllo, “leaf”), Latin folium (“leaf”).
Noun
bulë f (plural bula, definite bula, definite plural bulat)
- bud, sprout, shoot
- bubble
- dewdrop
- (anatomy) round, fleshy part of an organ: lobule, lobulus
- segment of a walnut
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bulë | bula | bula | bulat |
| accusative | bulën | |||
| dative | bule | bulës | bulave | bulave |
| ablative | bulash | |||
Related terms
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “bulë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, Leonard (1999), “bulë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]
- Meyer, Gustav (1891), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache, Strassburg: Karl J. Trübner
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN