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darkë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Albanian *darkā, from Proto-Indo-European *dorkʷ-o-. Cognate to Ancient Greek δόρπον (dórpon, “supper, dinner; evening”).[1] Has entered the declension of the feminine ā-stems. According to Alexander Lubotsky and Michiel de Vaan, considering the distribution of the term, both Greek and Albanian strongly suggest loans from the pre-Greek substrate.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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darkë f (plural darka, definite darka, definite plural darkat)

  1. supper, dinner (evening meal)
  2. evening banquet or feast
  3. eve of religious celebration (e.g. Christmas, New Year, wedding, circumcision (synet)) [3]
  4. evening

Declension

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Declension of darkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative darkë darka darka darkat
accusative darkën
dative darke darkës darkave darkave
ablative darkash
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “darkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123
  3. ^ Vedat Kokona, Dictionnaire albanais-français / Fjalor shqip-frengjisht (Tiranë: Toena, 2002 [1998]), 444. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • “darkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “darkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3], Oxford: Oxford University Press
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