ujk

Albanian

Një ujk

Alternative forms

• ulk sg — Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika, uk sg — Gheg
• ujqër, ulq pl — Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika, uq pl — Gheg

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal ulk, from Proto-Albanian *ulka, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Compare Sanskrit वृक (vṛ́ka), Persian گرگ (gorg), Lithuanian vilkas, Russian волк (volk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ujk]

Noun

ujk m (plural ujq, definite ujku, definite plural ujqit)

1. wolf

Declension

Declension of ujk

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ujk	ujku	ujq	ujqit
accusative		ujkun
dative	ujku	ujkut	ujqve	ujqve
ablative			ujqish

Derived terms

• ujkth, ujkonjë, ujkeshë, ujqëri, ujqërisht

Further reading

• “ujk”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “ujk”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “ujk”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]