dreq

Albanian

Etymology 1

Singularized plural of *drak, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin dracō. Compare Romanian drac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɾɛcɕ/ (Standard)
• IPA^(key): /dɾɛt͡ɕ/ (Dialectal)

Noun

dreq m (plural dreqër, definite dreqi, definite plural dreqërit)

1. devil

   Synonyms: djall, shejtan, lanet

Declension

Declension of dreq

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dreq	dreqi	dreqër	dreqërit
accusative		dreqin
dative	dreqi	dreqit	dreqërve	dreqërve
ablative			dreqërish

Related terms

• dragua, dragoi

Etymology 2

Adverb

dreq

1. Alternative form of drejt.

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “dreq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “dreq”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]