ajkë

See also: ajke

Albanian

Alternative forms

• alkë, hakë

Etymology

From older dialectal alkë, from Proto-Albanian *alkā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHk-. Compare Lithuanian álkti (“to be hungry”), Slovene lákati (“to be hungry, greedy, starving”).

Noun

ajkë f (plural ajka, definite ajka, definite plural ajkat)

1. cream
2. scum (of milk)
3. (dialectal) clotted cream
4. wool grease, hair grease
5. (figurative) best part of something

   Synonyms: cik, ballë, cermë, cekë

Declension

Declension of ajkë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ajkë	ajka	ajka	ajkat
accusative		ajkën
dative	ajke	ajkës	ajkave	ajkave
ablative			ajkash

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “ajkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]
• “ajkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006