shkak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skaka, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to jump, be agile”). Cognate to Old Norse skaga (“to protrude”), Proto-Slavic *skokъ (“jump”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃkak/

Noun

shkak n (plural shkaqe, definite shkaku, definite plural shkaqet)

  1. reason, cause
  2. noose, snare, trap

Declension
Declension of shkak
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shkak shkaqe shkaku shkaqet
accusative shkakun
dative shkaku shkaqeve shkakut shkaqevet
ablative shkaqesh

Derived terms
  • për shkak të
  • shkakësi
    • shkakësor
  • shkakor
  • shkaktar
  • shkaktoj, shkaktohem
    • shkaktim

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 418
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