dushk

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • drushk

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *duś-k-, cognate to Latin fuscus (“cloudy, dim”), English dusk, Old Irish doss (“shrub”). Alternatively from archaic and dialectal drushk, from Proto-Albanian *druška, from *druwa ‘tree’ (modern dru). More at dru.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /duʃk/

Noun

dushk m (indefinite plural dushqe, definite singular dushku, definite plural dushqet)

  1. (botany) oak; a tree of genus Quercus.

Declension

dushk m (indefinite plural dushqe, definite singular dushku, definite plural dushqet)

Derived terms
  • dushk i egër, dushkajë, dushkerkë, dushkishtë
  • dushkohet, dushkonja, dushktë, dushkull
  • dushkohet, dushnezë, dushnik, dushnjerre
  • dushqere

Hyponyms

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “dushk”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 420-421
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