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Letërsia artistike dhe leksiku dialektor
Artistic literature and dialectal lexicon

Author(s): Kolec Topalli
Subject(s): Albanian Literature, Sociology of Art, Stylistics, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Qendra e Studimeve Albanologjike
Keywords: Artistic literature; dialectal lexicon;

Summary/Abstract: Every writer in his creativity retains the features of his dialect. Therefore, besides the common vocabulary, they use dialectal words that enrich the language and increase the effectiveness ofits expressive power. We present some of them: amë “source” (Mjedja), from amë “mother” and “source of water”; cirlik (Mjedja), an onomatopoeia; cmag (N. Frashëri), related to cëmak and cimak; dëkoj (Fishta), with onomatopoeic origin; dënesë (Fishta) from dë- + ne- + -së being connected to nye ~ neu; e vdarë (Poradeci) from the verb bjerr “lose”; farmason (Poradeci) from mason (Fr. maçon “stone-mason”); gaç (Fishta) “donkey” from *gar-ç, being associated with agër and gare (Buzuku); gomën (Fishta) from SI. glçbina; I errmaktë (Mjedja) “left” from Lat. mancus “maimed, lame”; i riçëm (R. Siliqi), from the participle ritë ofthe verb rfj with the suffix -shëm; i shushulluar (Poradeci) from an onomatopoeia (shu-shu); jëtullëz (De Rada) and hjetull (Giordano) from jjetull (It. fetta + -ull); kanlsk (N. Frashëri) from Mod. Gr. KavioKi; klind (Asdreni) from Lat. clino; mbroth (S. Frashëri) from Lat., It. prode “benefit”; men (Mjedja) from It. meno; murgjinë (Mjedja) from the plural murgj + -inë; ndoset “entirely, wholly” (Fishta), from the ablative case of the name dosë with the prefix n-; pekul (N. Frashëri) “care” from Lat. peculium “special property”; rakitë (Poradeci), from SI. rakita “willow”; rmajt (Fishta) “grave”, the plural ofromanj (roman + -i); rrëj (Migjeni) from IE. *ren~; shporr (Asdreni) from sh- + IE. bher-; shqim (Mjedja) and shkim (Fishta) from shqyej and shkyej (shqye + -m); travajë (Mjedja) from it. travaglio; trirë (Kuteli), from Lat., It. trina; vdjerr (Asdren) by bjerr “lose”; vome (Çajupi) from vaj; zdrale (Migjeni) from z- + *dra- + -lë being connected to zdramë; zgaq (Mjedja) from z- + gaqe; zgërbonjë (Kuteli) from zgarbë + -onjë.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 01-02
  • Page Range: 117-125
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Albanian
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