mëkresë

Albanian

Etymology

Together with its morphonological variant mëkrejcë (“baulk”), reflects a prefixal derivative of krye,[1] probably using the variant kresë. Also probably related to mëkrejsë.

Noun

mëkresë f (plural mëkresa, definite mëkresa, definite plural mëkresat)

  1. tombstone

Declension

Declension of mëkresë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mëkresë mëkresa mëkresa mëkresat
accusative mëkresën
dative mëkrese mëkresës mëkresave mëkresave
ablative mëkresash
  • krye
  • mëkrejsë
  • mëkrejcë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëkresë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
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