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skuq

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From s- +‎ kuq.

Verb

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skuq (aorist skuqa, participle skuqur)

  1. (transitive) to redden, to become red
  2. to heat the metal to glow red
  3. to sautee, to pan-fry
    Synonyms: tiganis, kaurdis, përzhit
  4. (figurative)(colloquial) to shame, to embarrass someone
  5. (figurative)(colloquial) to beat, to punish, to win over someone
    ia skuqi mirëgave him what he deserved

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • skuq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “skuq”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]