rikë

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *rika, based on an onomatopoeic verb, close to Lithuanian ri̇̀kti (“to cry”).[1]

Noun

rikë f (plural rika, definite rika, definite plural rikat)

  1. duckling, duck

Declension

Declension of rikë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rikë rika rika rikat
accusative rikën
dative rike rikës rikave rikave
ablative rikash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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