veri

sq-noun

verí m (plural -, definite veríu, definite plural -)

verí (canonical masculine)
veríu (definite)
veri (indefinite nominative singular)
veriu (definite nominative singular)
veri (accusative indefinite singular)
veriun (accusative definite singular)
veriu (indefinite singular)
veriut (definite singular)

According to British linguist Stuart E. Mann the etymology of veri (“north (wind)”) is uncertain.


ang

ang m (definite angje, definite plural angu)

Dialectal. From Proto-Albanian *anga, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(o)nǵʰ- (“narrow”), Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“to constrict”). Cognate to Latin ango (“to cramp (up), constrict”), German eng (“narrow”).

der

(mythology) shapeless ghost who appears in dreams


Demi

Calque of Latin Taurus, using dem (“bull”).

(astrology) Taurus (a person born under the sign of Taurus)


orë

sq-noun

orë f (plural orë, definite ora, definite plural orët)

orë (plural)
ora (definite)
orët (definite plural)

From Proto-Indo-European *er-, *or- (“to move, stir, animate, fight, struggle, rise; to spring up, be born”). Cognate to Ancient Greek ὄρνῡμι (órnūmi, “urge on, incite, make to arise, call forth, move, stir oneself”), Latin orior (“to rise; to spring up, be born”), Old Norse iara (“fight”).

cog

Orët e maleve (e pyjeve, e fushave, e krojeve)

Të shitoftë (të preftë) ora

May the nymph kill (cut) you! (optative, curse)

Shkoftë ora e dëgjoftë!

May the nymph go and hear you! (optative, wish)

Të vdektë ora!

Të ngrëntë (të marrtë) ora e ligë!

May the evil nymph eat (get) you! (optative, curse)

mountain nymph; Albanian folk belief pictured as a woman, snake, etc. and whom lived in the mountains, forests, fields, springs or near people, helping them or giving good luck to good people and punishing bad people.

ora e bardhë

ka orë

qofsh me orë

i ka prirë ora dikujt

e ka lëshuar ora

(euphemistic) Aesculapian snake (Zamenis longissimus)

i hipën (i erdhën) orët dikujt

exhausted, weary, down-hearted, weakened

start action against someone or something

i zbritën (i ranë) orët

e kishte orën gjallë

e mori ora e ligë


fati

sq-noun

fati f (plural fati, definite fatia, definite plural fatitë)

fati (plural)
fatia (definite)
fatitë (definite plural)

tri fatitë

mythological figure, imagined as one of three women (fates) that would come to a newborn's cradle on the third day of their life to assign their fate and future


Peshorja

(astrology) Libra (a person born under the sign of Libra)


Virgjëresha

(astrology) Virgo (a person born under the sign of Virgo)


Gaforrja

Calque of Latin Cancer, using gaforre (“crab”).

(astrology) Cancer (a person born under the sign of Cancer)


binjak

binjak m (plural binjákë, definite binjáku, definite plural binjákët)

binjákë (plural)
binjáku (definite)
binjákët (definite plural)

Possibly borrowed from South Slavic, compare Bulgarian близна́к (bliznák, “twin”). Compare also Aromanian biznat (“twin”). Less likely from Latin bigno- (“twin”) suffixed with -ák.


flama

(mythology) restless evil ghost that's responbile for people's mental decline.


bullar

bullar m (plural bullarë, definite bullari)

From bollë, contaminated with the root *bull 'to be swollen', hence bullafiq.


përbindësh

përbindësh m (plural përbindësha, definite përbindëshi, definite plural përbindëshat)

përbindësha (plural)
përbindëshi (definite)
përbindëshat (definite plural)


jud

According to Orel borrowed from Proto-Slavic *judъ ~ *juda, while Çabej and Lambertz link it with the figure of Judas.

a mythological figure imagined as a revenant that picks fights during the night, especially with drunks


lubi

lubi f (plural lubi, definite lubia, definite plural lubitë)

lubi (plural)
lubia (definite)
lubitë (definite plural)

According to Orel, from luvgat, from Vulgar Latin *lupus peccatus, with difficult semantics. Most probably from Proto-Albanian *laubitja, related to Sanskrit लुभ्यति (lúbhyati, “to wish”), Proto-Slavic *ľubiti (“to love”), thus unrelated to lugat.

(mythology) a mythological figure of Albanian folklore imagined as a spiteful multiheaded serpentine dragon woman (also imagined as a serpent or demon), not dissimilar to a Lernean Hydra in Ancient Greek folklore. The number of heads varies from 7 to 100, and when one is cut off another grows in its place.


Akrepi

(astrology) Scorpio (a person born under the sign of Scorpion)


Dashi

(astrology) Aries (a person born under the sign of Aries)


Binjakët

(astrology) Gemini (a person born under the sign of Gemini)


Bricjapi

(astrology) Capricorn (a person born under the sign of Capricorn)


Ujori

(astrology) Aquarius (a person born under the sign of Aquarius)


Peshqit

(astrology) Pisces (a person born under the sign of Pisces)


Shigjetari

(astrology) Sagittarius (a person born under the sign of Sagittarius)


luqerbull

luqerbull m (plural luqerbuj, definite luqerbulli, definite plural luqerbujt)

luqerbuj (plural)
luqerbulli (definite)
luqerbujt (definite plural)

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *lupus cervulus, from lupus cervārius (“lynx”) (compare French loup-cervier, Italian lupo cerviero, Romansch luf tscherver), from Latin lupus + cervārius < cervus. Doublet of rrëqebull (“lynx”).

alternative gender and declension: fem. gender: luqerbulla


karkanxholl

From Ottoman Turkish قره قونجلوس (kara koncolos, “black bogey, black werewolf”); Kosovar Gheg Albanian kallukanxhë is from Greek καλλικάντσαρος (kallikántsaros), also from Turkish.

der

καλλικάντσαρος

(mythology) kallikantzaros: goblin with magic powers and wearing a chain mail shirt


bollë

sq-noun

bollë f (plural bolla, definite bolla, definite plural bollat)

bolla (plural)
bolla (definite)
bollat (definite plural)
bollë (indefinite nominative singular)
bolla (definite nominative singular)
bolla (indefinite nominative plural)
bollat (definite nominative plural)
bollë (accusative indefinite singular)
bollën (accusative definite singular)
bolla (accusative indefinite plural)
bollat (accusative definite plural)
bolleje (dative indefinite singular)
bollës (dative definite singular)
bollave (dative indefinite plural)
bollave (dative definite plural)
bolleje (ablative indefinite singular)
bollës (ablative definite singular)
bollash (ablative indefinite plural)
bollave (ablative definite plural)

From Proto-Albanian *bālwā, close to Latin bēlua (“beast”) (cf. Italian belva and Romanian balaur. According to price, they might have be of Dacian origin. It could also be of Pre-indo-European origins alongside Greek πελώριον (pelórion).


pëlhurë

pëlhurë f (plural pëlhura, definite pëlhura)

Metathesis of variant plëhurë, from plah + -urë. More at plah.

(mythology) tall, ghostly white figure which blocks the path of night travelers


lugat

lugat m (plural lugétër, definite lugáti, definite plural lugétërit)

lugétër (plural)
lugáti (definite)
lugétërit (definite plural)

According to Orel borrowed from Vulgar Latin *lupus peccatus (“false wolf”), though with difficult semantics.

(mythology) revenant: a spiteful person who rises from the grave after death and terrorizes people, zombie, vampire


Muji

“Winner, beater”, from muj (“be able, can, win over, beat”), Gheg variant of standard mund.

(mythology) Muji, a mythological hero found in the Albanian Songs of the Frontier Warriors.


vigan

vigan m (plural viganë, definite vigani, definite plural viganët)

viganë (plural)
vigani (definite)
viganët (definite plural)

A formation from vig, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to curve, bend; to exchange”). Compare Latin vinco (“I win, beat”), Lithuanian veikiù (“make work”), Old High German wig (“battle, struggle”), wigant (“cripple”), Old English wǣgan (“to torment, smite”). Less likely from viganj (“forge”), with sematic problems.


shlligë

sq-noun

shlligë f (plural shllíga, definite shllíga, definite plural shllígat)

shllíga (plural)
shllíga (definite)
shllígat (definite plural)

Either from a tabooistic description derived from lig, or from *lligë, from Proto-Albanian *sligā, the same Indo-European root of Old Irish selige (“turtle”) and German schleichen (“to crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).

(mythology, folklore) kuçedër offspring, dragon hatchling


bushtër

bushtër f (plural bushtra, definite bushtra, definite plural bushtrat)

bushtra (plural)
bushtra (definite)
bushtrat (definite plural)
bushtër (indefinite nominative singular)
bushtra (definite nominative singular)
bushtra (indefinite nominative plural)
bushtrat (definite nominative plural)
bushtër (accusative indefinite singular)
bushtrën (accusative definite singular)
bushtra (accusative indefinite plural)
bushtrat (accusative definite plural)
bushtre (dative indefinite singular)
bushtrës (dative definite singular)
bushtrave (dative indefinite plural)
bushtrave (dative definite plural)
bushtre (ablative indefinite singular)
bushtrës (ablative definite singular)
bushtrash (ablative indefinite plural)
bushtrave (ablative definite plural)

A derivative of bush (“monster”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow”), originally meaning 'to be wild', structurally similar to bisht.

(mythology) dragoness; mythological creature imagined as a fire-breathing female dragon


vitore

vitore f (plural vitore, definite vitorja, definite plural vitoret)

vitore (plural)
vitorja (definite)
vitoret (definite plural)
vitore (indefinite nominative singular)
vitorja (definite nominative singular)
vitore (indefinite nominative plural)
vitoret (definite nominative plural)
vitore (accusative indefinite singular)
vitoren (accusative definite singular)
vitore (accusative indefinite plural)
vitoret (accusative definite plural)
vitoreje (dative indefinite singular)
vitores (dative definite singular)
vitoreve (dative indefinite plural)
vitoreve (dative definite plural)
vitoreje (ablative indefinite singular)
vitores (ablative definite singular)
vitoresh (ablative indefinite plural)
vitoreve (ablative definite plural)

Has been analyzed to be from vejtare, from vegjëtare, from vegjë, meaning loom, translated as "weavers of fate". Alternatively a derivative of vis, cognate to Lithuanian vietà (“place”).

(mythology) mythological creature imagined as a colorful serpent with golden horns that would lay gold and bring good fortune wherever it stepped; animal imagined as a short and thick serpent, beautiful and without venom, that was thought to live in wall holes and would protect and bring good fortune to homes

(mythology) one of the three fates that would come to a newborns cradle on the third day of their life to assign their fate


ganec

ganec m (plural ganecë, definite ganeci, definite plural ganecët)

ganecë (plural)
ganeci (definite)
ganecët (definite plural)

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian gonac or Bulgarian гонец (gonec) ("courier, messenger; herald"), from goniti ("to chase, to pursue"), from Proto-Slavic *goniti.


shitoj

head

shitoj (aorist shitova, participle shituar)

From Vulgar Latin *saettare (“to shoot arrows”), from Latin sagittāre.

der

Të shitoftë zana!

May the fate kill you! (optative, curse)

(third person, mythology) a fate (zanë or orë punishes, petrifies or paralyzes a person when they cause them disturbance


En

sq-noun

En f (plural enje, definite enja, definite plural enjet)

enje (plural)
enja (definite)
enjet (definite plural)

From Proto-Albanian *agni, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnís (“fire”).


E Bukura e Qiellit

Literally translates as "the beauty of the sky".


E Bukura e Dheut

Literally translates as "the beauty of the earth".


E bukura e Detit

Literally translates as "the beauty of the sea".


errshajë

Unknown. Maybe from a combination of err (“dark”) + shaj (“slander”), meaning the dark slanderer.


Mauthia

Uncertain; potentially from mal (“mountain”) + dhe (“earth”) + -a (feminine definite article) > *Maldhea > *Maldhia > *Maudhia > Mauthia.

com

(mythology) spirit of the earth and mountains


stihi

sq-noun

stihi f (plural stihi, definite stihia, definite plural stihitë)

stihi (plural)
stihia (definite)
stihitë (definite plural)

Probably a variation of stuhi, closely related to Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “element, spirit”). Compare modern Greek στοιχειό (stoicheió, “ghost”).

cog

(mythology) demoness (south- and italo-Albanian)

(mythology) dragon that guards a treasure


xhind

sq-noun

xhind m (plural xhínde, definite xhíndi, definite plural xhíndet)

xhínde (plural)
xhíndi (definite)
xhíndet (definite plural)
xhind (indefinite nominative singular)
xhindi (definite nominative singular)
xhinde (indefinite nominative plural)
xhindet (definite nominative plural)
xhind (accusative indefinite singular)
xhindin (accusative definite singular)
xhinde (accusative indefinite plural)
xhindet (accusative definite plural)
xhindi (dative indefinite singular)
xhindit (dative definite singular)
xhindeve (dative indefinite plural)
xhindeve (dative definite plural)
xhindi (ablative indefinite singular)
xhindit (ablative definite singular)
xhindesh (ablative indefinite plural)
xhindeve (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish جن (cin), from Arabic جِنّ (jinn).


shtojzovalle

shtojzovalle f (plural shtojzovalle, definite shtojzovallja, definite plural shtojzovallet)

shtojzovalle (plural)
shtojzovallja (definite)
shtojzovallet (definite plural)
shtojzovalle (indefinite nominative singular)
shtojzovallja (definite nominative singular)
shtojzovalle (indefinite nominative plural)
shtojzovallet (definite nominative plural)
shtojzovalle (accusative indefinite singular)
shtojzovallen (accusative definite singular)
shtojzovalle (accusative indefinite plural)
shtojzovallet (accusative definite plural)
shtojzovalleje (dative indefinite singular)
shtojzovalles (dative definite singular)
shtojzovalleve (dative indefinite plural)
shtojzovalleve (dative definite plural)
shtojzovalleje (ablative indefinite singular)
shtojzovalles (ablative definite singular)
shtojzovallesh (ablative indefinite plural)
shtojzovalleve (ablative definite plural)

Blend of shtoji (“increase, add”) + zot (“god”) + vallet (“folk dance”).

blend

(mythology) fairy; imagined as a beautiful girl with supernatural powers that lives in forests and mountains while dancing and singing


vurkollak

sq-noun

vurkollak m (plural vurkollakë, definite vurkollaku, definite plural vurkollakët)

vurkollakë (plural)
vurkollaku (definite)
vurkollakët (definite plural)
vurkollak (indefinite nominative singular)
vurkollaku (definite nominative singular)
vurkollakë (indefinite nominative plural)
vurkollakët (definite nominative plural)
vurkollak (accusative indefinite singular)
vurkollakun (accusative definite singular)
vurkollakë (accusative indefinite plural)
vurkollakët (accusative definite plural)
vurkollaku (dative indefinite singular)
vurkollakut (dative definite singular)
vurkollakëve (dative indefinite plural)
vurkollakëve (dative definite plural)
vurkollaku (ablative indefinite singular)
vurkollakut (ablative definite singular)
vurkollakësh (ablative indefinite plural)
vurkollakëve (ablative definite plural)

From Proto-Slavic *vьlkolakъ (“werewolf, vampire”).

bor

(mythology) revenant, vampire, zombie, ghost


kukudh

sq-noun

kukudh m (plural kukúdhë, definite kukúdhi, definite plural kukúdhët)

kukúdhë (plural)
kukúdhi (definite)
kukúdhët (definite plural)
kukudh (indefinite nominative singular)
kukudhi (definite nominative singular)
kukudhë (indefinite nominative plural)
kukudhët (definite nominative plural)
kukudh (accusative indefinite singular)
kukudhin (accusative definite singular)
kukudhë (accusative indefinite plural)
kukudhët (accusative definite plural)
kukudhi (dative indefinite singular)
kukudhit (dative definite singular)
kukudhëve (dative indefinite plural)
kukudhëve (dative definite plural)
kukudhi (ablative indefinite singular)
kukudhit (ablative definite singular)
kukudhësh (ablative indefinite plural)
kukudhëve (ablative definite plural)

Uncertain. Probably from onomatopoeic kuku (“mourn, lament”) as the similar kukuvriq (“male owl”) suggests.

U ngrit si kukudh

(mythology) revenant, undead, vampire, zombie, ghost


thopërç

thopërç m (plural thopërç, definite thopërçi, definite plural thopërçit)

thopërç (plural)
thopërçi (definite)
thopërçit (definite plural)
thopërç (indefinite nominative singular)
thopërçi (definite nominative singular)
thopërçi (indefinite nominative plural)
thopërçit (definite nominative plural)
thopërç (accusative indefinite singular)
thopërçin (accusative definite singular)
thopërçi (accusative indefinite plural)
thopërçit (accusative definite plural)
thopërçi (dative indefinite singular)
thopërçit (dative definite singular)
thopërçive (dative indefinite plural)
thopërçive (dative definite plural)
thopërçi (ablative indefinite singular)
thopërçit (ablative definite singular)
thopërçish (ablative indefinite plural)
thopërçive (ablative definite plural)

(mythology) figure of Albanian folk tales imagined as a small genie, gnome


hajnjeri

From ha (“eat”) + -j (“first person singular verb suffix”) + njeri (“man, human”).

af

cyclops; a mythological one-eyed man with a big body


flokëz

(mythology) siren, mermaid: in Albanian folklore, a young and beautiful long-haired maiden who stood near creeks, rivers and lakes combing her hair


Prende

Prendë, e Premtë and Përende derive from Proto-Indo-European *pers-é-bʰ(h₂)n̥t-ih₂ (“she who brings the light through”), akin to Ancient Greek Περσεφάττα (Persephátta), variant of Ancient Greek Περσεφόνη (Persephónē). According to Hyllested, Premtë is primary, with Prende a result of influence from perëndi (the continuation of the Indo-European thunder-god). He posits that the Venus-like character in Proto-Albanian originally referred to a figure partly possessing Persephone’s features, and thus can give meaning to perëndoj (“to set of the sun; to disappear; to pass; go to the underworld”) as an inner-Albanian denominative verb ‘to act like Persephone’.

inh

Near-synonym: Afërditë

(mythology) goddess of dawn, love, beauty, fertility, health and protector of women (Albanian equivalent to Venus, Freyja and Aphrodite)


kukuvriq

sq-noun

kukuvriq m (plural kukuvríqë, definite kukuvríqi, definite plural kukuvríqët)

kukuvríqë (plural)
kukuvríqi (definite)
kukuvríqët (definite plural)
kukuvriq (indefinite nominative singular)
kukuvriqi (definite nominative singular)
kukuvriqë (indefinite nominative plural)
kukuvriqët (definite nominative plural)
kukuvriq (accusative indefinite singular)
kukuvriqin (accusative definite singular)
kukuvriqë (accusative indefinite plural)
kukuvriqët (accusative definite plural)
kukuvriqi (dative indefinite singular)
kukuvriqit (dative definite singular)
kukuvriqëve (dative indefinite plural)
kukuvriqëve (dative definite plural)
kukuvriqi (ablative indefinite singular)
kukuvriqit (ablative definite singular)
kukuvriqësh (ablative indefinite plural)
kukuvriqëve (ablative definite plural)