pikë

See also: pike, piké, and Pike

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Romanian pic (a drop of water, a bit)[1] and Sicilian picca (a bit, a little). Compare also pikël and prenkë (freckle, spot).

Noun

pikë f (indefinite plural pika, definite singular pika, definite plural pikat)

  1. drop, droplet (of liquid)
    deri në pikën e fundit të gjakuttill the last drop of blood; to the death
  2. (figurative) a small amount, a little, a bit (also in negative sentences)
    A ke një pikë uji?Do you have some of water?
    mbeti asnjë pikënot even a little bit left
    pa pikë turpiwithout the slightest bit of shame
    pa pikë dyshimiwithout the slightest amount of doubt
  3. hole, leak (in a roof)
  4. dot, spot
    pikë e zezëblack dot
    pikë e kuqered dot
    pulë me pikachiken with spots; spotted chicken
    fustan me pikadress with spots; spotted dress
  5. freckle, mole, birthmark
    fytyrë me pikaface with freckles; freckled face
  6. (typography) point, (by itself) period, full stop
    pika dhe presjasemicolon (literally, “the point and the comma”)
    dy pikacolon (literally, “two points”)
    pikë çuditëseexclamation point
  7. (mathematics) point, decimal point
    dhjetë pikë pesëten point five = 10.5
  8. (music) point (at the right of a note, raises its value by a half)
  9. (geometry) point (zero-dimensional object)
  10. (medicine) stroke (often in curses)
    Të rëntë pika!May you have a stroke!

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Derived terms

References

  • pikë” on fjalorthi.com
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), pikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 325
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