shekull

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shekëll

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin saeculum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃekuɫ/
• Rhymes: -uɫ
• Hyphenation: shé‧kull

Noun

shekull m (plural shekuj, definite shekulli, definite plural shekujt)

1. century

   shekulli XXI

   the 21st century

   para tre shekujsh

   three centuries ago

2. age, important period in history

   Synonym: epokë

3. (colloquial) a very long time
4. (obsolete) world, life

   në këtë shekull ― in this world

Declension

Declension of shekull

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shekull	shekuj	shekulli	shekujt
accusative			shekullin
dative	shekulli	shekujve	shekullit	shekujve
ablative		shekujsh

Related terms

• shekullar
• shekullarizim
• shekullarizoj
• shekullor

 

Further reading

• “shekull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “shekull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shékull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 470