kërci

Albanian

Etymology

Metathesized form of *kri-tsi, from Proto-Albanian *krū ̊, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱruh₂-s (“limb”). Cognate to Latin crūs (“shank, leg, limb”).[1]

Noun

kërci m (plural kërcinj, definite kërciri, definite plural kërcinjtë)

  1. shank, (lower part of the) leg, shin-bone

Declension

Declension of kërci
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kërci kërciri kërcinj kërcinjtë
accusative kërcirin
dative kërciri kërcirit kërcinjve kërcinjve
ablative kërcinjsh

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 224
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