Albanian

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Etymology

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Methatesized form of earlier *argal linked to Ancient Macedonian ἄργελλα (árgella, dwelling-place, where [men] bathe while warming up) and Ancient Greek ἄργιλλα (árgilla, subterranean house) (Magna Graecia). All forms likely derive from a substrate word (see ἄργιλλος, white clay).

Noun

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ragal m (plural ragaje, definite ragali, definite plural ragajet)

  1. kennel
    Synonym: shtrohë

Declension

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References

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  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN