shkak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skaka, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to jump, be agile”). Cognate to Old Norse skaga (“to protrude”), Proto-Slavic *skokъ (“jump”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃkak/

Noun

shkak m (plural shkaqe, definite shkaku, definite plural shkaqet)

  1. reason, cause
    nga shkaku ― because of
    për shkak të ― owing to
    Gjyqi i ndërpreu hetimet për shkak të provave të pamjaftueshme. ― The trial was discontinued due to insufficient evidence.
  2. noose, snare, trap

Declension

Declension of shkak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shkak shkaku shkaqe shkaqet
accusative shkakun
dative shkaku shkakut shkaqeve shkaqeve
ablative shkaqesh

Derived terms

  • për shkak të
  • shkakësi
    • shkakësor
  • shkakor
  • shkaktar
  • shkaktoj, shkaktohem
    • shkaktim

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 418

Further reading

  • “shkak”, 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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