darkë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *darkā, from Proto-Indo-European *dorkw-o-. Cognate to Ancient Greek δόρπον (dórpon, “supper, dinner; evening”).[1] Has entered the declension of the feminine ā-stems. According to A. Lubotsky and M. de Vaan, considering the distribution of the term, both Greek and Albanian strongly suggest borrowings from an old Balkan substrate source.[2]

Noun

darkë f (plural darka, definite darka, definite plural darkat)

  1. supper, dinner (evening meal)
  2. feast
  3. eve of Christmas or New Year, eve of wedding, eve of circumcision (synet) [3]
  4. evening

Declension
Declension of darkë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative darkë darka darka darkat
accusative darkën
dative darke darkave darkës darkavet
ablative darkash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “darkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
  2. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 123
  3. Dictionnaire Français-Albanais / Fjalor Shqip-Frengjisht, page 444, Vedat Kokona, Tiranë, 2002, →ISBN
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