krye
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *kryœ < *krœ̅n < *krōna, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroh₂snom (“head”) < *ḱerh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkrye n (plural krerë, definite kreu, definite plural krerët)
- (anatomy) head, cranium
- (figurative) brains
- (figurative) life
- top or main part of an object
- spring of a river
- beginning or start of something
- honorable seat or place
- most important person in a group
Noun
editkrye m (plural krerë, definite kreu, definite plural krerët)
Declension
editDeclension of krye
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.
Further reading
edit- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caput — crȣe”