mollë

See also: molle, MOLLE, Mollé, mölle, and mølle

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mālā, akin to Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”), Latin mālum (“apple”), either a cognate or borrowed from either of the two. Likely from a western dialect borrowed from Doric Greek. A borrowing from Latin would be unusually early, as the shift from *ā to o, characteristic of inherited words, would not be paralleled in any other Latin loan. Direct inheritance is formally possible, though dubious given the defined areal distribution and the absence of any clear cognate outside of it. See Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon) for further connections. Sense 2 is a common metaphor, compare Ancient Greek μῆλον (mêlon, “cheek”) etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔɫə/, [mɔɫ]

Noun

mollë f (plural molla, definite molla)

1. apple

   Synonym: mollçinë

3. cheek

   Synonym: mollëz

   • From Rogovë, sung in Prizren:

     Pes gishta na i ka dora, // Kater kom na i ka dhija, // Tri kam terezija, // E dy molla na i ka vajza. (northwestern Gheg)

     Five fingers has the hand, // Four legs has the goat, // Three legs the scales, // And two cheeks has the girl.

Declension

Declension of mollë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mollë	molla	molla	mollat
accusative		mollën
dative	molleje	mollës	mollave	mollave
ablative			mollash

Derived terms

• mollaftua
• mollak
• mollapjeshkë
• mollaqe
• mollash
• mollatartë
• mollë dheu
• mollë e egër
• mollë e fytit
• mollë i kuq
• mollëkuqe
• mollëmuçe
• mollët
• mollëz

 

Further reading

• “mollë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[3] (in Albanian), 1980
• “mollë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006