qiell

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin caelum (“sky, heaven”),[1][2] specifically from the nominative plural caelī.[3] First attested as feminine qiell/qiellja (Buzuku). Compare Italian cielo, Romanian cer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈcçi.ɛɫ/

Noun

qiell m (plural qiej, definite qielli, definite plural qiejt)

  1. sky
    Synonym: pjetë
  2. cosmos
  3. heaven
    Synonym: parajsë
  4. paradise

Declension
Declension of qiell
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative qiell qiej qielli qiejt
accusative qiellin
dative qielli qiejve qiellit qiejvet
ablative qiejsh

Derived terms
  • qiellgërvishtës
  • qiellor
  • qiellzë
  • qiellzor

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qiell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360
  2. Topalli, K. (2017) “qiell”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1220
  3. Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, page 179

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 9: “caelum — kiel”
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