këllk

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian кълк (kǎlk) оr Macedonian колк (kolk) ("hip").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəɫk/

Noun

këllk m (plural këllqe, definite këllku, definite plural këllqet)

  1. (anatomy) hip
  2. (anatomy) hip bone
  3. (figurative, plurale tantum) power, ability, skill

Declension

Declension of këllk
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative këllk këllku këllqe këllqet
accusative këllkun
dative këllku këllkut këllqeve këllqeve
ablative këllqesh

Synonyms

  • kërdhokull

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këllk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
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