heq

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hek (Gheg), hjek, helq (Arbëreshë)

Etymology

From dialectal and archaic helq, from Proto-Albanian *(w)alkja, from *u̯olkei̯e/o, causative of Proto-Indo-European *h₂welk- (“to pull”) (compare Lithuanian velkù, Bulgarian влека (vleká, “to drag”), Greek αυλάκι (auláki, “furrow”)).

Verb

heq (first-person singular past tense hoqa, participle hequr)

1. I pull out
2. I remove

Derived terms

• hjekës
• heqë