meçkë
Albanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from South Slavic[1] , from Proto-Slavic *mečьka (“she-bear”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmeçkë f (plural meçka)
- bitch, female dog
- snout of a pig
- (derogatory) slut, bitch, promiscuous woman
- (derogatory) talkative woman, chatterbox
- Synonym: uthullirë
- (dialectal) lamb
- (dialectal) ant
- (dialectal) fly; midge, gnat
- Synonym: mizë
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “meçkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 254
Further reading
edit- “méçk/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1104b
- Ylli, Xhelal (1997–2000) “meçka”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge), Munich: Otto Sagner, page 161b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “meçkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 274b
Categories:
- Albanian terms borrowed from South Slavic languages
- Albanian terms derived from South Slavic languages
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Slavic
- Albanian 2-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Albanian/et͡ʃkə
- Rhymes:Albanian/et͡ʃkə/2 syllables
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns
- Albanian derogatory terms
- Albanian dialectal terms