carrok

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier *car. Related to carac, acar, crak, carangth, carbë, and ther. The related adjective caruk (“naked”) indicates that the original meaning was skin, later switching to a more abstract meaning of lad, boy, similar to cull (“child;naked”) which still has both meanings.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡saˈrɔk]

Noun

carrók m (plural carrokë, definite carroku, definite plural carrokët); feminine equivalent carroke

  1. lad, boy
    Synonyms: vocërrak, camërdhok, callok
  2. (regional) piglet (in Northern Gheg)
    Synonyms: dirk, thi
  3. (regional) 7-year old or younger child (in Mirdita region)

Declension

Declension of carrok
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative carrok carroku carrokë carrokët
accusative carrokun
dative carroku carrokut carrokëve carrokëve
ablative carrokësh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “carrok”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 6-7

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “carrok”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “carrok”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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