ujk

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Albanian

Një ujk

Alternative forms

  • (singular): ulk (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic), uk (Gheg dial.)
  • (plural): ujqër, ulq (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic), uq (Gheg dial.)

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal ulk, from Proto-Albanian *ulka-, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ujk m (plural ujq, definite ujku, definite plural ujqit)

  1. wolf

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 229