avull

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *abula, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥bʰel-, from *nébʰos (“cloud”). Closely related to Messapic atabulus. Compare Latin nebula (“mist, cloud”), Old English nifol (“mist, darkness”), Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē). Compare also Romanian abur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈavuɫ/

Noun

ávull m (plural avuj, definite avulli, definite plural avujt)

1. steam

Declension

Declension of avull

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	avull	avulli	avuj	avujt
accusative		avullin
dative	avulli	avullit	avujve	avujve
ablative			avujsh

Derived terms

• avullanie
• avullim
• avullmatës
• avullohet
• avulloj
• avullore
• avullosh
• avullqerre
• avullsjellës
• avullson
• avullshëm
• avullt
• avulltuar
• avullues
• avullueshëm
• avullueshmëri
• avullzim
• avullzoj
• pravulloj

Descendants

• Aromanian: abur
• Romanian: abur

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “avull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “avull”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press