sqaq

See also: sqá:q

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dis-kekja, prefixed form of Proto-Albanian *kekja. Related to Lithuanian kékos (swing), Latvian ķekut (to swing).[1]

Verb

sqaq (aorist sqaqa, participle sqaqur)

  1. (transitive) to make weak

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sqaq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

Further reading

  • sqaq”, 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) “sqaq”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • isqaq (optionally after the article)

Etymology

From Arabic زُقَاق (zuqāq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sʔaːʔ/

Noun

sqaq m (plural sqaqien or squq or sqaqijiet, diminutive sqajjaq)

  1. alley