Wiktionary

qyqar

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From qyq (“wretched, miserable”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /cyˈcaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Hyphenation: qy‧qár

Adjective edit

qyqar (feminine qyqare) (also noun)

  1. poor, miserable, wretched, hapless
    Synonyms: fatkeq, i shkretë, i mjerë, i ngratë
  2. alone, desolate, forsaken
    Synonym: i vetëm
  3. incapable, helpless, weak
    Synonym: i pazoti

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

  • “qyqar”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “qyqar”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qyq […] ar”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 421
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