yll

See also: YLL

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • hyll
  • plural: yj
  • East Gheg: uvill, uj, ydh
  • South Tosk, Arvanitic, Arbëreshë: ill, ull

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *usli, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁usli (compare Old English ysle (“hot ashes”)), from *h₁ews- (“to burn”) (compare Latin urere, Ancient Greek εὕω (heúō, “to singe”)).

Pronunciation

Noun

yll m (indefinite plural yje, definite singular ylli, definite plural yjet)

  1. (astronomy) star
  2. (colloquial) shooting star
  3. (figuratively, old) fate, luck
  4. (figuratively, colloquial) reputation
  5. (figuratively) guiding light

Hyponyms

  • yll me bisht (“comet”)
  • yll deti (“starfish”)
  • ylli i karvanit (“morning star, Venus”)
  • ylli polar (“northern star”)
Derived terms
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