rrikë
Albanian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *rādica, from earlier Latin rādīx (“root”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rikə/, /ˈrik/
- Rhymes: -ikə
- Hyphenation: rri‧kë
Noun
rrikë f (plural rríka, definite rríka, definite plural rríkat)
- turnip, radish
- Synonym: rrepë
- (obsolete) carrot
- Synonyms: karrotë, rrilkë
- handbell
- Synonym: zile
- spoon container usually hung on a wall
- Synonyms: lugës, shelqe
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rrikë | rrika | rrika | rrikat |
| accusative | rrikën | |||
| dative | rrike | rrikës | rrikave | rrikave |
| ablative | rrikash | |||
Derived terms
- rrikël (“buttermilk”)
- rrikëz (“radish”)
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “rrikë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “rrikë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 439