thikë

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”).^[1] Often considered to be the source of Latin sica.^[2] Meyer (1891) considers a borrowing from Latin sīca (“a poniard, curved dagger”), but this is unlikely and outdated as Albanian was misunderstood as a Latin language.^[3] Cognate with Sanskrit शा (śā, “to sharpen”).

Noun edit

thikë f (plural thika, definite thika, definite plural thikat)

knife, dagger

Declension edit

Declension of thikë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	thikë	thika	thika	thikat
accusative	thikë	thika	thikën	thikat
dative	thike	thikave	thikës	thikavet
ablative	thike	thikash	thikës	thikavet

Related terms edit

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
^ Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.
^ Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 90

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477

[2] Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.

[3] Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 90

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