lloskë

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Per Orel, borrowed from Proto-Slavic *loska, but unattested in South Slavic languages except for Old Slovene lusk (“tick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɫoskə/
• Rhymes: -oskə
• Hyphenation: llós‧kë

Noun

lloskë f (plural llóska, definite llóska, definite plural llóskat)

1. (zoology, originally Gheg) rudd

   Synonym: drangë

Declension

Declension of lloskë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lloskë	lloska	lloska	lloskat
accusative		lloskën
dative	lloske	lloskës	lloskave	lloskave
ablative			lloskash

Further reading

• “lloskë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “lloskë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “llos-kë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 257