sqaq

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 (first-person singular past tense sqaqa, participle sqaqë)

  1. to make weak

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 400

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
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