thelë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tselā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover, hide’. Cognate with Latin celare ‘to conceal’, Old Irish celim ‘to hide’, and German hehlen ‘to fence stolen goods’.

Noun

thelë f (indefinite plural thela, definite singular thela, definite plural thelat)

  1. slice, cut of something (e.g. meat)
  2. segment (of a segmented fruit)
  3. gash

Derived terms

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.