zall

Albanian

Etymology

According to Orel, from Ancient Greek αἰγιαλός (aigialós, “river bank”), borrowed as Proto-Albanian *aigjala.[1], but the initial z- remains unexplained. Çabej considers it an inherited word.[2]

Noun

zall m (plural zaje, definite zalli, definite plural zajet)

  1. river sand, river bank

Declension
Declension of zall
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative zall zaje zalli zajet
accusative zallin
dative zalli zajeve zallit zajevet
ablative zajesh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “zall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 519
  2. Eqrem Çabej, Studime gjuhësore: Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes, Rilindja, 1975, page. 79

Breton

Adjective

zall

  1. Soft mutation of dall.

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English zalt, from Old English sealt, from Proto-West Germanic *salt.

Noun

zall

  1. salt

References
  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 80
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