ujk

Albanian

Një ujk

Alternative forms

  • (singular): ulk (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic), uk (Gheg dial.)
  • (plural): ujqër, ulq (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic), uq (Gheg dial.)

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal ulk, from Proto-Albanian *ulka-, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ujk]

Noun

ujk m (indefinite plural ujq, definite singular ujku, definite plural ujqit)

  1. wolf

Declension

Derived terms

  • ujkth, ukonjë, ujkeshë, ujqëri, ujqërisht

References

  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 229.
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