kënaq

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Lithuanian nèšti (“to carry”), Ancient Greek ἐνεγκεῖν (enenkeîn, “to carry”), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), German genug, Swedish nog. Alternatively from the compound *ka +‎ *ānda, literally meaning 'having pleasure'.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /kənacɕ/

Verb

kënáq (first-person singular past tense kënáqa, participle kënáqur)

  1. (active, transitive) I make (someone) happy; I fulfill a wish; I gratify, please, satisfy
    Synonyms: gëzoj, argëtoj
  2. (active, transitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) it satisfies

kënáqem (first-person singular past tense u kënáqa, participle kënáqur)

  1. (passive, reflexive) I am pleased, rejoiced
    Synonyms: gëzohem, argëtohem

Derived terms
  • kënaqem
  • kënaqur
    • pakënaqur
  • kënaqës
  • kënaqësi
    • vetëkënaqësi
    • me kënaqësi
    • pa kënaqësi
    • pakënaqësi
  • kënaqje
  • kënaqshëm, kënaqshme
    • pakënaqshëm, pakënaqshme

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 219
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