pendë

See also: pende and pendé

Albanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin pinna.[1]

Alternative forms
  • pênnë (Gheg)

Noun

pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)

  1. feather, quill
  2. fin (of fish)
  3. vane (of waterwheel)
  4. dike; weir
Declension
Declension of pendë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative pendë pendë penda pendët
accusative pendën
dative pende pendëve pendës pendëvet
ablative pendësh
Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pendë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *pendā, from Proto-Indo-European *spen-d-. Compare Latvian spanda (“rope binding plow to yoke”), English span, Ossetian fsondz (“yoke”).[1]

Alternative forms
  • pëndë (South Tosk), pênë (Gheg)

Noun

pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)

  1. pair or team of draft animals yoked together
    një pendë qe
    a yoke of oxen
  2. juger, measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen can plow in a day
    një pendë dhe
    3,000 sq. meters of land
Declension
Declension of pendë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative pendë pendë penda pendët
accusative pendën
dative pende pendëve pendës pendëvet
ablative pendësh

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-5
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