shekull
Appearance
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin saeculum.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shekull m (plural shekuj, definite shekulli, definite plural shekujt)
- century
- shekulli XXI
- the 21st century
- para tre shekujsh
- three centuries ago
- age, important period in history
- Synonym: epokë
- (colloquial) a very long time
- (obsolete) world, life
- në këtë shekull ― in this world
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | shekull | shekulli | shekuj | shekujt |
accusative | shekullin | |||
dative | shekulli | shekullit | shekujve | shekujve |
ablative | shekujsh |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shekull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
Further reading
[edit]- “shekull”, 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
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shékull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 470
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