lakuriq

Albanian

Etymology

(Adj., verb, adverb & noun) suffixed form of dialectal lakur, from Proto-Albanian *laukura, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (light, shine). Related to loqe, gloq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [lakuˈɾic͡ç], [lakuˈɾic], [ʎakuˈɾic͡ç], [ʎakuˈɾic͡ç] (Standard)
  • IPA(key): [ʎakuˈɾic͡ɕ], [ʎakuˈɾict͡ɕ], [ʎakuˈɾit͡ʃ] (Standard [c]~[c͡ç] merge with [c͡ɕ], [t͡ɕ], [t͡ʃ] in northern Gheg dialects)

Adjective

lakuríq (feminine lakuriqe, masculine plural lakuríqë, feminine plural lakuríqe)

  1. (anatomy) nude, naked, undressed
  2. (plants) (tree/plant) without leaves
  3. (zoology) mammals/birds without fur/feathers
  4. (landscape) empty place/land
  5. (figurative) open, naked, blunt
    E vërteta lakuriqe.
    The naked truth.

Synonyms

Verb

lakuríq (aorist lakuríqa, participle lakuríqur)

  1. (transitive) to undress, remove clothing
  2. (figurative) to rob, steal (leaving a person without nothing left)
  3. (figurative) to find out (something that was hidden)

Conjugation

Synonyms

Adverb

lakuríq

  1. nakedly, baldly, plainly
    E la lakuriq (dikë).
    He/she/it left (someone) baldly.
  2. (figurative) frankly, openly, honestly, truly, plainly
    Ia tha të vërtetën lakuriq.
    It told him frankly the truth.

Synonyms

Noun

lakuríq m (plural lakuríqë, definite lakuríqi, definite plural lakuríqët)

  1. (zoology) bat
    Synonym: zog nate
    lakuriqi i natës, lakuriq nate
    the bat, bat
    (literally, “the naked of the night”)

Declension

Declension of lakuriq
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative lakuriq lakuriqi lakuriqë lakuriqët
accusative lakuriqin
dative lakuriqi lakuriqit lakuriqëve lakuriqëve
ablative lakuriqësh

Derived terms

Further reading

  • lakuriq”, 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