stërqokë

Albanian

Etymology

Diminutive with prefixed with stër- (“great”) +‎ qok (“pecker”) +‎ -ë. Similar to stërkas and qokth.[1]

Noun

stërqókë f (plural stërqoka, definite stërqoka, definite plural stërqokat)

  1. (zoology) jackdaw

Declension

Declension of stërqokë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative stërqokë stërqoka stërqoka stërqokat
accusative stërqokën
dative stërqoke stërqokës stërqokave stërqokave
ablative stërqokash

See also

  • stërqok (“male jackdaw”)
  • korb

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “stërqokë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 402

Further reading

  • “stërqokë”, 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
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “stërqok”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 461
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