potkua

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from South Slavic,[1][2][3][4] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova／по̀ткова, Romanian potcoavă.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

potkua m (plural potkonj, definite potkoi)

  1. horseshoe

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “potkua, poktua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 349–350
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 185
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “paktua ~ patkue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
  4. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “potkua”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 218

Further reading[edit]

  • “potkua”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “potkua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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