krua

Albanian

Alternative forms

• krue — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *krōn, from *kron, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *krāna, from Proto-Indo-European *kres-. Compare Ancient Greek κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring, fount”), Old English hærn (“wave”).

Noun

krúa m (plural kroje, definite kroi, definite plural krojet)

1. spring (of water)

   Synonyms: gurrë, burim

Declension

Declension of krua

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krua	kroi	kroje	krojet
accusative		kroin
dative	kroi	kroit	krojeve	krojeve
ablative			krojesh

Derived terms

• Krujë

Further reading

• “krua”, 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) “krua”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]