ajkë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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”)).[1]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. cream
  2. scum (of milk)
  3. (dialectal) clotted cream
  4. wool grease, hair grease

Declension[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ajkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 3

Further reading[edit]

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