sfurk

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • cfurk
  • çfurk
  • (with different prefix): tërfurk

Etymology

A prefixal form based on regional furkë (“pitchfork”) (cf. cfurk, tërfurk), borrowed from Latin furca.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sfuːrk/

Noun

sfurk m (plural sfurqe, definite sfurku, definite plural sfurqet)

  1. pitchfork
  2. scorpion
    Synonyms: akrep, shkrap

Declension

Declension of sfurk
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sfurk sfurku sfurqe sfurqet
accusative sfurkun
dative sfurku sfurkut sfurqeve sfurqeve
ablative sfurqesh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sfurk”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 395

Further reading

  • “sfurk”, 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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