ajkë

See also: ajke

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • alkë, hakë

Etymology

From older dialectal alkë, from Proto-Albanian *alkā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁olHk-. Compare Lithuanian álkti (“to be hungry”), Slovene lákati (“to be hungry, greedy, starving”)).[1]

Noun

ajkë f (plural ajka, definite ajka, definite plural ajkat)

  1. cream
  2. scum (of milk)
  3. (dialectal) clotted cream
  4. wool grease, hair grease
  5. (figurative) best part of something
    Synonyms: cik, ballë, cermë, cekë

Declension

Declension of ajkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ajkë ajka ajka ajkat
accusative ajkën
dative ajke ajkës ajkave ajkave
ablative ajkash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “ajkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 3

Further reading

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