gjak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ǵákə, from earlier Proto-Albanian *źaka, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“sap, resin”). Compare Lithuanian sakai̇̃ (“resin”), Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “sap”), Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɟ͡ʝak]

Noun

gjak m (definite gjaku)

  1. blood

Declension

Declension of gjak
singular
indefinite definite
nominative gjak gjaku
accusative gjakun
dat./abl. gjaku gjakut

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 258

Further reading

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