ankth

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From dialectal angth, diminutive of archaic ang.[1]

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Noun[edit]

ankth m (plural ankthe, definite ankthi, definite plural ankthet)

  1. nightmare
  2. (figurative) anxiety
  3. bogey, hobgoblin, ghost

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79

Further reading[edit]

  • “ankth”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • ankth”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “ânkth”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 7