sillë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *čīlā-, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷih₁-tl-éh₂, from *kʷyeh₁- (“to rest; rest, peace”). Compare English while, Latin tranquillus, Sanskrit चिर (cirá).

Noun

sillë f (plural silla, definite silla, definite plural sillat)

1. breakfast
2. (dated) food brought out in the morning to a farmer working in the field

Declension

Declension of sillë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sillë	silla	silla	sillat
accusative		sillën
dative	silleje	sillës	sillave	sillave
ablative			sillash

Derived terms

• silloj

Related terms

• esëll