kockë

See also: kocke

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • koskë
  • goskë (Berat)

Etymology 1

From dialectal koskë, from South Slavic; cf. Macedonian коска (koska), Serbo-Croatian kȍska.[1]

Noun

kockë f (indefinite plural kocka, definite singular kocka, definite plural kockat)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (figurative) core of a person's character, essential nature
  3. (figurative) strong character
Synonyms
Derived terms
Derived terms
  • kockaman
  • kockanjar
  • kockëbutë
  • kockëdalë
  • kockëfortë
  • kockëgjerë
  • kockëhollë
  • kockëmadh
  • kockërina, kockurina
  • kockëtrashë
  • kockëvogël
  • kockëzues
  • kockor

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 187

Etymology 2

From South Slavic; cf. Macedonian коцка (kocka), Serbo-Croatian kȍcka ‘die, cube’.[1]

Noun

kockë f (indefinite plural kocka, definite singular kocka, definite plural kockat)

  1. die used in a children's dice game
  2. (figurative) trinket, small thing of no value

References
  1. Xhelal Ylli, Das slawische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 121.
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