shekull

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin saeculum.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃekuɫ/
  • Rhymes: -uɫ
  • Hyphenation: shé‧kull

Noun[edit]

shekull m (plural shekuj, definite shekulli, definite plural shekujt)

  1. century
    shekulli XXI
    the 21st century
    para tre shekujsh
    three centuries ago
  2. age, important period in history
    Synonym: epokë
  3. (colloquial) a very long time
  4. (obsolete) world, life
    në këtë shekull ― in this world

Declension[edit]

Declension of shekull
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shekull shekuj shekulli shekujt
accusative shekullin
dative shekulli shekujve shekullit shekujve
ablative shekujsh

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shekull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 410

Further reading[edit]

  • “shekull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “shekull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shékull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 470
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