cirkë

See also: cirke

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, based on sound made by a liquid drop. Comparable to Romanian țîrc (“milk drop sound during milking”), țîrcii (“to milk (the cow)”).[1] The presence of cirk (“to milk”) as a verb indicates a possible cirk + -ë formation as a postverbal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡siɾkə/

Noun

cirkë f (plural cirka, definite cirka, definite plural cirkat)

  1. droplet of water or any other liquid
    Synonyms: spërkë, stërpikë, spikër
  2. spots, speckles on fabrics, canvases, birds' feathers, etc.
    pulë me cirka ― speckled chicken

Declension

Declension of cirkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cirkë cirka cirka cirkat
accusative cirkën
dative cirke cirkës cirkave cirkave
ablative cirkash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cirkë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 47

Further reading

  • “cirkë”, 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
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.