frikë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• firkë
• frîgë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *frikā, possibly from Ancient Greek φρίκη (phríkē, “shivering, shuddering”) but the semantic area is more uncommon for Ancient Greek loans in Albanian. Assumption of a loan from Byzantine Greek φρίκη (phríkē) seems implausible, because velar followed by front vowel would be palatalized. Otherwise from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pr̥k-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥k- yet this would be the only s-mobile of the root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾik(ə)/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

frikë f (plural frika, definite frika, definite plural frikat)

1. fear (fright)

   Synonym: droe, tuta

2. anxiety
3. fear (doubt, worry, uncertainty)

Declension

Declension of frikë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frikë	frika	frika	frikat
accusative		frikën
dative	frikeje	frikës	frikave	frikave
ablative			frikash

Declension of frikë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	frikë	frika	frikëra	frikërat
accusative		frikën
dative	frikeje	frikës	frikërave	frikërave
ablative			frikërash

Further reading

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