ashkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Albanian *a(k)škā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis”).[1]

Alternatively, a borrowing from Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula.[2][3] Compare Romanian așchie.

Noun

ashkë f (indefinite plural ashka, definite singular ashka, definite plural ashkat)

  1. wood splinter[1]; chip, fragment of shell, shard, etc.[4]

Declension
Declension of ashkë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative ashkë ashka ashka ashkat
accusative ashkën
dative ashke ashkave ashkës ashkavet
ablative ashkash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 11
  2. Meyer, Gustav (1891), “ashkë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, page 19
  3. Miklosich, Franz (1871) Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 4
  4. Mann, Stuart E. (1948), “ashkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 13b
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