këllk
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Bulgarian кълк (kǎlk) оr Macedonian колк (kolk) ("hip").[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]këllk m (plural këllqe, definite këllku, definite plural këllqet)
- (anatomy) hip
- (anatomy) hip bone
- (figurative, plurale tantum) power, ability, skill
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | këllk | këllku | këllqe | këllqet |
| accusative | këllkun | |||
| dative | këllku | këllkut | këllqeve | këllqeve |
| ablative | këllqesh | |||
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “këllk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177