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ajkë

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From older dialectal alkë, from Proto-Albanian *alkā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHk-. Compare Lithuanian álkti (“to be hungry”), Slovene lákati (“to be hungry, greedy, starving”)).[1]

Noun edit

ajkë f (plural ajka, definite ajka, definite plural ajkat)

  1. cream
  2. scum (of milk)
  3. (dialectal) clotted cream
  4. wool grease, hair grease

Declension edit

Declension of ajkë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative ajkë ajka ajka ajkat
accusative ajkën
dative ajke ajkave ajkës ajkavet
ablative ajkash

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ajkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 3

Further reading edit

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