bulë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bule"

Albanian

Etymology

Latin bulla.

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)

  1. bud, sprout, shoot
    Synonyms: mugull, cimak, cëmat
  2. bubble
  3. dewdrop
  4. (anatomy) round, fleshy part of an organ: lobule, lobulus
  5. segment of a walnut

Declension

Declension of bulë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bulë bula bula bulat
accusative bulën
dative bule bulës bulave bulave
ablative bulash

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