kërcej

Albanian

Etymology

A derivative of kërcas, originally meaning 'to crack, to snap', thus 'to jump, to dance'. A descriptive term. Alternativly, from Dacian or paleo-balkan substrate, cognate to Romanian cățăra.[1]

Verb

kërcej (first-person singular past tense kërceva, participle kërcyer)

  1. I dance
  2. I crack, snap

Conjugation

References

  1. Katičić, R. Ancient Languages of the Balkans. 1975. p. 152
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