qyrë

Albanian

Etymology

A derivative of an unattested verb *qyej (“to blunt”), from Proto-Albanian *kēnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, to cut”). For the semantic development compare Latin obtũsus (“blunt”) from obtundere (“to beat”).[1] See also qytë.

Noun

qyrë f (plural qyra, definite qyra, definite plural qyrat)

  1. blunt edge (of a knife)

Declension

Declension of qyrë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative qyrë qyra qyra qyrat
accusative qyrën
dative qyre qyrës qyrave qyrave
ablative qyrash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qyrë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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