thikë

Albanian

Etymology

Presumably from Proto-Albanian *tsikā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), compare Armenian սուր (sur, “sharp; knife”).[1] Alternatively borrowed from Latin sīca (“a poniard, curved dagger”).[2]

Noun

thikë f (indefinite plural thika, definite singular thika, definite plural thikat)

  1. knife, dagger

Declension
Declension of thikë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative thikë thika thika thikat
accusative thikën
dative thike thikave thikës thikavet
ablative thikash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “thikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 477-478
  2. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “thikë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 44
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