sukë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "suke"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšukā. Cognate to Sanskrit सूच (śûka, “awn of grain, spike of insect”), Avestan 𐬯𐬏𐬐𐬁 (sūkā, “needle”).

Noun

sukë f (plural suka, definite suka, definite plural sukat)

1. hill, elevation, peak, knoll

   Synonyms: kodrinë, kodër

2. slope or mound on the side of a mountain; mountainside

   Synonym: bokë

3. shore, coast, bank

   Synonym: bregore

4. stake, post

   Synonym: hu

Declension

Declension of sukë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	sukë	suka	suka	sukat
accusative			sukën
dative	suke	sukave	sukës	sukave
ablative		sukash

Derived terms

• sukale
• sukore
• sukrojë
• sukuje
• sukull
• sukulloj

 

Further reading

• “sukë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “sukë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “sukë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 463