kukuvriq
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kukuvriq m (plural kukuvríqë, definite kukuvríqi, definite plural kukuvríqët)
- male owl
- Antonym: kukuvajkë (“female owl”)
- (mythology) revenant, zombie
- (Arvanitika) newly-hatched chick (chicken young)
- Synonym: zog pule
- incubator chick
- chick hatched incubated on the human body (carried on breast for 40 days)
Declension
[edit]Declension of kukuvriq
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | kukuvriq | kukuvriqi | kukuvriqë | kukuvriqët |
| accusative | kukuvriqin | |||
| dative | kukuvriqi | kukuvriqit | kukuvriqëve | kukuvriqëve |
| ablative | kukuvriqësh | |||
Adverb
[edit]kukuvriq
Further reading
[edit]- “kukuvriq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “kukuvriq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukuvriq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223