darkë
See also: darke
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]darkë f (plural darka, definite darka, definite plural darkat)
- supper, dinner (evening meal)
- evening banquet or feast
- eve of religious celebration (e.g. Christmas, New Year, wedding, circumcision (synet)) [3]
- evening
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | darkë | darka | darka | darkat |
| accusative | darkën | |||
| dative | darke | darkës | darkave | darkave |
| ablative | darkash | |||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “darkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- ^ Vedat Kokona, Dictionnaire albanais-français / Fjalor shqip-frengjisht (Tiranë: Toena, 2002 [1998]), 444. →ISBN
Further reading
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- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from substrate languages
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns
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