thellë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • thkellë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ćau̯ila / *ćau̯ilā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóu̯ilo/ah₂.[1] Compare Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /θɛːɫ/

Adjective

thellë

  1. deep, profound, abstruse

Derived terms
  • thellësi
  • thellësisht
  • thelloj
  • thellomë

Antonyms
  • cekët

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 252.
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