nofkë

Albanian

Etymology

From South Slavic *novъka (“new (name)”); compare Serbo-Croatian Novka (a woman's first name)).[1]

Noun

nofkë f (plural nofka, definite nofka, definite plural nofkat)

  1. nickname

Declension

Declension of nofkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nofkë nofka nofka nofkat
accusative nofkën
dative nofke nofkës nofkave nofkave
ablative nofkash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nofkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 300-1

Further reading

  • “nofkë”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “nofkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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