diell

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === djel — Meyer dill — Gheg === Etymology === Disputed. Possibilities include: From Proto-Albanian *delwa, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃u̯o-, from the root *ǵʰelh₃- (“gleam, yellow”), a tabooistic substitute for the original *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Lithuanian žel̃vas, Latin helvus, Sanskrit हरि (hari). From Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wélyos (“sun”), from the oblique stem of *sóh₂wl̥. For the development of the initial compare djersë (“sweat”) from *sweyd-, and dergjem (“waste away, be bedridden”), from mediopassive Proto-Indo-European *sworgʰéyeti, from *swergʰ- (“watch over, worry”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [djɛɫ] === Noun === diell m (plural diej, definite dielli, definite plural diejt) sun ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “diell”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “diell”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press