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purtekë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Metathesis of dialectal prutekë, from South Slavic; cf. Bulgarian прътак (prǎtak), прътец (prǎtec), Serbo-Croatian prutak, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *prǫtъ.[1][2]

Noun

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purtekë f (plural purteka, definite purteka, definite plural purtekat)

  1. withe, switch
  2. rod, bar
    Synonyms: thupër, cupil
  3. (regional) knitting needle
  4. (colloquial) beating with a stick

Declension

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Declension of purtekë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative purtekë purteka purteka purtekat
accusative purtekën
dative purteke purtekës purtekave purtekave
ablative purtekash

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References

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  1. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Århus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 121–2.
  2. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “purtekë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 351
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