ankth

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From dialectal angth, diminutive of archaic ang.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ankth m (plural ankthe, definite ankthi, definite plural ankthet)

  1. nightmare
  2. (figurative) anxiety
  3. bogey, hobgoblin, ghost

Declension

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Declension of ankth
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ankth ankthi ankthër ankthet
accusative ankthin
dative ankthi ankthit ankthërve ankthërve
ablative ankthërish

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 79

Further reading

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  • “ankth”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “ankth”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “ânkth”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 7
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