kukudh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from onomatopoeic kuku (“mourn, lament”) as the similar kukuvriq (“male owl”) suggests.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈkuð/
  • Rhymes: -uð
  • Hyphenation: ku‧kúdh

Noun

kukudh m (plural kukúdhë, definite kukúdhi, definite plural kukúdhët)

  1. (mythology) revenant, undead, vampire, zombie, ghost
    Synonyms: lugat, vurkollak, vampir
    U ngrit si kukudh ― He rose like a revenant
  2. (derogatory) evil man, evil-minded, wicked
    Synonyms: lig, keq, shpirtkeq
    U hyri kukudhi në shtëpi ― The evil went into their house
  3. (figurative) fear, terror, dread, horror
    Synonyms: frikë, tmerr
    I ka hyrë kukudhi ― The terror has gotten into him
  4. (archaic, Tosk) plague: blind female demon associated with plague and cholera and thought to have been brought to the lands by Alexander the Great after he raped an Epirote princess who would not return his love.
    Synonym: murtajë
    As të ha kukudhi! ― Not even the plague will devour you!
  5. (archaic) undead Gypsy

Declension

Declension of kukudh
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kukudh kukudhi kukudhë kukudhët
accusative kukudhin
dative kukudhi kukudhit kukudhëve kukudhëve
ablative kukudhësh

Adjective

kukudh (feminine kukudhe)

  1. wretched, miserable, desolated, alone, solitary
    Synonyms: shkretë, mjerë, vetëm
    Mbeti kukudh ― He remained a alone

References

  1. ^ Maximilian Lambertz (1973), "Die Mythologie der Albaner", in Hans Wilhelm Haussig (ed.), Wörterbuch der Mythologie, vol. 2, pp. 455–509

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “kukudh”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukúdh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223
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