frikë

• firkë
• frîgë

From Proto-Albanian *frikā, possibly from Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē, “shivering, shuddering”) but the semantic area is more uncommon for Ancient Greek loans in Albanian. Assumption of a loan from Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē) seems implausible, because velar followed by front vowel would be palatalized. Otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pr̥k-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- yet this would be the only s-mobile of the root.

• (Tosk) IPA^(key): /ˈfɾikə/
• (Gheg) IPA^(key): /fɹɜjk/

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frikë f (plural frika, definite frika, definite plural frikat)

1. fear (fright)

   Synonyms: droe, tuta

2. anxiety
3. fear (doubt, worry, uncertainty)

• “frikë”, 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
• Newmark, L. (1999) “frikë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary