egjëll

Albanian

Etymology

A compound of a privative particle e, from Proto-Albanian *a-, from Proto-Indo-European *ṇ- and gjellë, literally 'without food'[1].

Adverb

egjëll

  1. on an empty stomach

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “egjëll”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 86
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