ragal
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Methatesized form of earlier *argal linked to Ancient Macedonian ἄργελλα (árgella, “dwelling-place, where [men] bathe while warming up”) and Ancient Greek ἄργιλλα (árgilla, “subterranean house”) (Magna Graecia). All forms likely derive from a substrate word (see ἄργιλλος, white clay). Orel, however, presumes it a borrowing from Slavic *rogalь.[1]
Noun
[edit]ragal m (plural ragaje, definite ragali, definite plural ragajet)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | ragal | ragali | ragaje | ragajet |
| accusative | ragalin | |||
| dative | ragali | ragalit | ragajeve | ragajeve |
| ablative | ragajesh | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 38
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN