fraq

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *frak, from Proto-Albanian *awa-raka. Close to Latvian rakt (“to dig”), Lithuanian rakù, ràkti (“to peck open, to lance”). Variant of older form thrak.[1]

Noun

fraq f (plural fraqra, definite fraqi, definite plural fraqet)

  1. biting cold, frost

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fraq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 102
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