shkak

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *skaka, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to jump, be agile”). Cognate to Old Norse skaga (“to protrude”), Proto-Slavic *skokъ (“jump”).[1]

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Noun[edit]

shkak n (plural shkaqe, definite shkaku, definite plural shkaqet)

  1. reason, cause
  2. noose, snare, trap

Declension[edit]

Declension of shkak
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shkak shkaqe shkaku shkaqet
accusative shkakun
dative shkaku shkaqeve shkakut shkaqevet
ablative shkaqesh

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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