shakull

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin sacculus (“small bag”), diminutive of saccus. Compare also Romanian săcui, Aromanian sãculj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃakuɫ/
• Rhymes: -kuɫ
• Hyphenation: shá‧kull

Noun

shakull m (plural shakuj, definite shakulli, definite plural shakujt)

1. (chiefly northern Tosk, Kolonjë) leather bag for keeping dairy, oil, grains, etc.

   Synonyms: kacek, calik

2. forge blower, bellows

   Synonym: gjyryk

3. small twister, whirlwind, tornado, gale

   Synonyms: shakullinë, rrëshek

4. epilepsy

   Synonyms: epilepsi, punëherë, botë

5. (Arbëresh) icicle

   Synonym: ehull

6. (figurative) deserted, left in the lurch
7. (adjective) to be belly out, bulging, swell up
8. (adverb) left gasping

Declension

Declension of shakull

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	shakull	shakuj	shakulli	shakujt
accusative			shakullin
dative	shakulli	shakujve	shakullit	shakujvet
ablative		shakujsh

Derived terms

• shakullij
• shakullinë
• shakullisem
• shakullohem
• shakullor
• shakullore
• shakullori
• shakulluer

 

Further reading

• “shakull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “shakull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shákull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467