llucë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of dialectal lucë, borrowed from Latin lutea.[1][2]

Noun

llucë f (indefinite plural lluca, definite singular lluca, definite plural llucat)

  1. thin or shallow mud
  2. muddy place

Synonyms
  • (mud): baltë
  • (muddy place): baltinë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 232–3
  2. Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1999), 160.
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