gjallë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ģalu̯a-, *salwa, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós, from *solh₂- (“whole”); cognate to Latin salvus, Greek όλος (ólos).[1]

Alternatively reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *źáła-, from older *źálu̯a-, from the same PIE root as above.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟaːɫ]

Adjective

i gjallë (feminine plural të gjalla)

  1. alive, living

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013), Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 212
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “gjallë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • “gjallë”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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