vishkull

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *viscula (cf. Neapolitan višiyyu (“young oak tree”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviʃkuɫ/
  • Rhymes: -kuɫ
  • Hyphenation: vísh‧kull

Noun

vishkull m (plural vishkuj, definite vishkulli, definite plural vishkujt) (also as an adjective)

  1. birch, rod, cane, withy, lash
    Synonym: thupër
  2. sapling, young tree (usually straight, without branches or buds)
    Synonyms: filiz, mënjollë
  3. (adverb, figurative) naked
    Synonyms: lakuriq, cullak

Declension

Declension of vishkull
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vishkull vishkulli vishkuj vishkujt
accusative vishkullin
dative vishkulli vishkullit vishkujve vishkujve
ablative vishkujsh

Derived terms

  • vishkullajë
  • vishkullar
  • vishkullim
  • vishkulloj

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “vishkull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “víshkull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 558
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