ujk

Albanian
Një ujk

Alternative forms
  • (singular): ulk (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic), uk (Gheg dial.)
  • (plural): ujqër, ulq (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic), uq (Gheg dial.)

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal ulk, from Proto-Albanian *ulka-, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ‎ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ujk]

Noun

ujk m (indefinite plural ujq, definite singular ujku, definite plural ujqit)

  1. wolf

Declension
Declension of ujk
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative ujk ujq ujku ujqit
accusative ujkun
dative ujku ujqve ujkut ujqvet
ablative ujqish

Derived terms
  • ujkth, ujkonjë, ujkeshë, ujqëri, ujqërisht

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 229
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