fraq

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *frak, from Proto-Albanian *awa-raka. Close to Latvian rakt (“to dig”), Lithuanian rakù, ràkti (“to peck open, to lance”). Variant of older form thrak.[1]

Noun

fraq f (plural fraqra, definite fraqi, definite plural fraqat)

  1. biting cold, frost
    Synonyms: cikmë, cegëm, acar

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fraq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 102

Further reading

  • “fraq”, 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
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