krye

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kry, krie, kreje — Gheg

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kryœ < *krœ̅n < *krōna, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroh₂snom (“head”) < *ḱerh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾyɛ/

Noun

krye n (plural krerë, definite kreu, definite plural krerët)

1. (anatomy) head, cranium
2. (figurative) brains
3. (figurative) life
4. top or main part of an object
5. spring of a river
6. beginning or start of something
7. honorable seat or place
8. most important person in a group

Noun

krye m (plural krerë, definite kreu, definite plural krerët)

1. head (of cattle, livestock)

   Synonym: kokë

2. chapter
3. leader

Declension

Declension of krye

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	krye	kreu	krerë	krerët
accusative		kreun
dative	kreu	kreut	krerëve	krerëve
ablative			krerësh

Derived terms

• krejt
• kresë
• kryebashkiak
• kryej
• kryejavë
• kryeplak
• kryesi
• kryesor
• kryetar

Further reading

• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caput — crȣe”
• “krye”, 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) “krye”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]