thikë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsikā, possibly derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”) and Sanskrit शा (śā, “to sharpen”).[1] Meyer considers an alternative borrowing from Latin sīca (“a poniard, curved dagger”),[2] while other scholars believe instead the opposite.[3]

Noun

thikë f (plural thika, definite thika, definite plural thikat)

  1. knife, dagger

Declension

Declension of thikë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thikë thika thika thikat
accusative thikën
dative thike thikës thikave thikave
ablative thikash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 90
  3. ^ Havers, Wilhelm (1984). Die Sprache. A. Sexl. p. 84.
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