krua

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *krōⁿ, from *kron, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *krāna, from Proto-Indo-European *kres-.[1] Compare Ancient Greek κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring, fount”), Old English hærn (“wave”).

Noun

krúa m (plural kroje, definite kroi, definite plural krojet)

  1. spring (of water)
    Synonyms: gurrë, burim, ujëmore

Declension

Declension of krua
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative krua kroi kroje krojet
accusative kroin
dative kroi kroit krojeve krojeve
ablative krojesh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “krua”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • “krua”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “krua”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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