kyç

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • klyç
  • qyç

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian ključ (“key”), Old Church Slavonic ключь (ključĭ), and Bulgarian ключ (ključ). Ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *kľučь (“key”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kyt͡ʃ/

Noun

kyç m (indefinite plural kyçe, definite singular kyçi, definite plural kyçet)

  1. key, lock
    Synonym: çelës
  2. (anatomy) joint

Declension
Declension of kyç
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kyç kyçe kyçi kyçet
accusative kyçin
dative kyçi kyçeve kyçit kyçevet
ablative kyçesh

Derived terms
  • kyçenicë

Adjective

kyç m (feminine kyçe)

  1. key, most important

Verb

kyç (first-person singular past tense kyça, participle kyçur)

  1. to lock

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
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