kokërr

Albanian

Etymology

Derivative of kokë.[1]

Noun

kokërr f (plural kokrra, definite kokrra, definite plural kokrrat)

  1. small round or oval-shaped unit of a concrete thing, e.g.
    1. head (of fruit or vegetable), piece (of fruit), berry, nut, kernel
    2. chunk, granule, bead, ball, nugget
  2. small roundish object taken as an exemplar of a thing: piece, head
  3. countable individual of a class
  4. (colloquial) nub of the matter

Declension

Declension of kokërr
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kokërr kokrra kokrra kokrrat
accusative kokrrën
dative kokrre kokrrës kokrrave kokrrave
ablative kokrrash

Adjective

kokërr

  1. same as senses 1 and 2 of the noun form

Derived terms

  • koqërr-breshri
  • koqërrduçe
  • koqërrdhese
  • koqërrfortë
  • koqërrgjatë
  • koqërrimët
  • koqërrmadh
  • koqërrvogël
  • koqërrzezë
  • koqkërrzoj
  • koqkërrzor

References

  1. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 189.

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “kokërr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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