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ashkë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Perhaps from Proto-Albanian *a(k)škā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (axis).[1]

Alternatively, a borrowing from Late Latin ascla, from Latin assula.[2][3] Compare Romanian așchie.

Noun

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ashkë f (plural ashka, definite ashka, definite plural ashkat)

  1. wood splinter;[1] chip, fragment of shell, shard, etc.[4]

Declension

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ashkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 11
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ashkë”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 19
  3. ^ Miklosich, Franz (1871) Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 4
  4. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “ashkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 13b