pikë

pikë f (plural pika, definite pika, definite plural pikat)

pika (plural)
pika (definite)
pikat (definite plural)
pikë (indefinite nominative singular)
pika (definite nominative singular)
pika (indefinite nominative plural)
pikat (definite nominative plural)
pikë (accusative indefinite singular)
pikën (accusative definite singular)
pika (accusative indefinite plural)
pikat (accusative definite plural)
pikeje (dative indefinite singular)
pikës (dative definite singular)
pikave (dative indefinite plural)
pikave (dative definite plural)
pikeje (ablative indefinite singular)
pikës (ablative definite singular)
pikash (ablative indefinite plural)
pikave (ablative definite plural)

Compare pik (“to drip, leak”). Compare also Romanian pic (“a drop of water, a bit”) and Sicilian picca (“a bit, a little”).

Të rëntë pika!


dokërr

sq-noun

dokërr f (plural dokrra, definite dokrra, definite plural dokrrat)

dokrra (plural)
dokrra (definite)
dokrrat (definite plural)

From *dorkërr, composed of dorë and krah. alternatively from Proto-Albanian *dok, from Ancient Greek δοκός (dokós)


mzith

From Proto-Albanian *džija, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷii̯ā. Cognate to Sanskrit ज्या (jyā, “bow string”), Old Church Slavonic жила (žila, “vein, tendon”), Greek βιός (viós).


trashë

head

i trashë (feminine e tráshë, masculine plural të trásha, feminine plural të trásha)

i trashë (canonical)
e tráshë (feminine)
të trásha (masculine plural)
të trásha (feminine plural)

From Proto-Albanian *trauša. Close to Lithuanian trąšùs (“fat, fertile (soil)”) (cf. Albanian trashi (“fertile soil”)). May reflect ultimate origin in Proto-Indo-European *treu- (“to destroy”), but this is not certain.

inh

Zorra e trashë.


thithë

sq-noun

thithë f (plural thitha, definite thitha, definite plural thithat)

thitha (plural)
thitha (definite)
thithat (definite plural)
thithë (indefinite nominative singular)
thitha (definite nominative singular)
thitha (indefinite nominative plural)
thithat (definite nominative plural)
thithë (accusative indefinite singular)
thithën (accusative definite singular)
thitha (accusative indefinite plural)
thithat (accusative definite plural)
thitheje (dative indefinite singular)
thithës (dative definite singular)
thithave (dative indefinite plural)
thithave (dative definite plural)
thitheje (ablative indefinite singular)
thithës (ablative definite singular)
thithash (ablative indefinite plural)
thithave (ablative definite plural)

From Proto-Albanian *tsitsā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱik- (compare Serbo-Croatian sisa (“teat, tit”), Irish cíoch (“breast”)). Related to thith.


gashtellë

gashtellë f (plural gashtellë, definite gashtella, definite plural gashtellat)

gashtellë (plural)
gashtella (definite)
gashtellat (definite plural)


yjëzë

yjëzë f (plural yjëza, definite yjëza, definite plural yjëzat)

yjëza (plural)
yjëza (definite)
yjëzat (definite plural)

Derivative of *yl, attested in ylber and bërryl.


lloxh

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ایلیجه (ılıca).


hallë

hallë (indefinite nominative singular)
halla (definite nominative singular)
halla (indefinite nominative plural)
hallat (definite nominative plural)
hallë (accusative indefinite singular)
hallën (accusative definite singular)
halla (accusative indefinite plural)
hallat (accusative definite plural)
halleje (dative indefinite singular)
hallës (dative definite singular)
hallave (dative indefinite plural)
hallave (dative definite plural)
halleje (ablative indefinite singular)
hallës (ablative definite singular)
hallash (ablative indefinite plural)
hallave (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خاله (hala).


req

sq-noun

req m (plural req, definite reqi, definite plural reqit)

req (plural)
reqi (definite)
reqit (definite plural)


zhishte

Earlier *shiste, somehow from Sanskrit शिश्न (śiśna). Perhaps through a Romani source.


gërrec

gërréc m (plural gërréca, definite gërréci, definite plural gërrécat)

gërréc (canonical masculine)
gërréca (plural)
gërréci (definite)
gërrécat (definite plural)
gërrec (indefinite nominative singular)
gërreci (definite nominative singular)
gërreca (indefinite nominative plural)
gërrecat (definite nominative plural)
gërrec (accusative indefinite singular)
gërrecin (accusative definite singular)
gërreca (accusative indefinite plural)
gërrecat (accusative definite plural)
gërreci (dative indefinite singular)
gërrecit (dative definite singular)
gërrecave (dative indefinite plural)
gërrecave (dative definite plural)
gërreci (ablative indefinite singular)
gërrecit (ablative definite singular)
gërrecash (ablative indefinite plural)
gërrecave (ablative definite plural)


kthjellët

head

i kthjellët (feminine plural të kthjellëta)

i kthjellët (canonical)
të kthjellëta (feminine plural)


miop

Internationalism, compare English myopic, Italian miope.


lara

Substantivized form of larë/lanë, participle of laj.


kyç

sq-noun

kyç m (plural kyçe, definite kyçi, definite plural kyçet)

kyçe (plural)
kyçi (definite)
kyçet (definite plural)
kyç (indefinite nominative singular)
kyçi (definite nominative singular)
kyçe (indefinite nominative plural)
kyçet (definite nominative plural)
kyç (accusative indefinite singular)
kyçin (accusative definite singular)
kyçe (accusative indefinite plural)
kyçet (accusative definite plural)
kyçi (dative indefinite singular)
kyçit (dative definite singular)
kyçeve (dative indefinite plural)
kyçeve (dative definite plural)
kyçi (ablative indefinite singular)
kyçit (ablative definite singular)
kyçesh (ablative indefinite plural)
kyçeve (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian ključ (“key”), Old Church Slavonic ключь (ključĭ), and Bulgarian ключ (ključ). Ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *kľučь (“key”).


kokallë

kokallë f (plural kokalla, definite kokalla, definite plural kokallat)

kokalla (plural)
kokalla (definite)
kokallat (definite plural)


imunulogji

imunulogjia (definite)
imunulogji (indefinite nominative singular)
imunulogjia (definite nominative singular)
imunulogji (accusative indefinite singular)
imunulogjinë (accusative definite singular)
imunulogjie (indefinite singular)
imunulogjisë (definite singular)


venë

From Proto-Albanian *wainā-, from Proto-Indo-European *woy(h₁)neh₂- < *wéyh₁ō (“wine”). Compare Ancient Greek οἶνος (oînos), Latin vīnum, German Wein.


leqe

Singularized plural of *lak, from Proto-Indo-European *(ǝ)lak-, *lēk- (“leg; the main muscle of the arm or leg”), close to Latin lacertus (“limb, arm”), Persian لنگ (leng), Icelandic leggur (“leg, limb”).


iriq

iríq m (plural iríqë, definite iríqi, definite plural iríqët)

iríq (canonical masculine)
iríqë (plural)
iríqi (definite)
iríqët (definite plural)
iriq (indefinite nominative singular)
iriqi (definite nominative singular)
iriqë (indefinite nominative plural)
iriqët (definite nominative plural)
iriq (accusative indefinite singular)
iriqin (accusative definite singular)
iriqë (accusative indefinite plural)
iriqët (accusative definite plural)
iriqi (dative indefinite singular)
iriqit (dative definite singular)
iriqëve (dative indefinite plural)
iriqëve (dative definite plural)
iriqi (ablative indefinite singular)
iriqit (ablative definite singular)
iriqësh (ablative indefinite plural)
iriqëve (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Eastern Romance, whence Romanian arici, from Latin ēricius.

iriq i zi


këllk

këllk m (plural këllqe, definite këllku, definite plural këllqet)

këllqe (plural)
këllku (definite)
këllqet (definite plural)

Borrowed from Bulgarian кълк (kǎlk) оr Macedonian колк (kolk) ("hip").


shpirrë

shpirrë f (plural shpirra, definite shpirra, definite plural shpirrat)

shpirra (plural)
shpirra (definite)
shpirrat (definite plural)
shpirrë (indefinite nominative singular)
shpirra (definite nominative singular)
shpirra (indefinite nominative plural)
shpirrat (definite nominative plural)
shpirrë (accusative indefinite singular)
shpirrën (accusative definite singular)
shpirra (accusative indefinite plural)
shpirrat (accusative definite plural)
shpirreje (dative indefinite singular)
shpirrës (dative definite singular)
shpirrave (dative indefinite plural)
shpirrave (dative definite plural)
shpirreje (ablative indefinite singular)
shpirrës (ablative definite singular)
shpirrash (ablative indefinite plural)
shpirrave (ablative definite plural)

Deverbative of an unattested *shpirroj, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *dis-spīrāre, derivative of Latin spīrāre (“to blow”).


fshikë

fshikë f (plural fshika, definite fshika, definite plural fshikat)

fshika (plural)
fshika (definite)
fshikat (definite plural)

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca. Compare Romanian bășică.


çokollatë

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چوقولاته (çokolata), from Italian cioccolata.


kaçërotë

sq-noun

kaçërotë f (plural kaçërota, definite kaçërota, definite plural kaçërotat)

kaçërot ~ kaçërotë (canonical feminine)
kaçërota (plural)
kaçërota (definite)
kaçërotat (definite plural)
ë (romanization)
kaçërotë (indefinite nominative singular)
kaçërota (definite nominative singular)
kaçërota (indefinite nominative plural)
kaçërotat (definite nominative plural)
kaçërotë (accusative indefinite singular)
kaçërotën (accusative definite singular)
kaçërota (accusative indefinite plural)
kaçërotat (accusative definite plural)
kaçëroteje (dative indefinite singular)
kaçërotës (dative definite singular)
kaçërotave (dative indefinite plural)
kaçërotave (dative definite plural)
kaçëroteje (ablative indefinite singular)
kaçërotës (ablative definite singular)
kaçërotash (ablative indefinite plural)
kaçërotave (ablative definite plural)

/käc͡ɕəˈɹɔːt(ə)/

/käcəˈɹɔːt(ə)/

/käɕəˈɹɔːt(ə)/

/käʃəˈɹɔːt(ə)/

/kät͡ɕəˈɹɔːt/

/kät͡ʃəˈɹɔːt(ə)/

Gheg term. Related to kaçirubë f (“crest, topknot”). See kaçirubë for more.

name of a haircut (similar to mohawk and Iroquois). Traditional and tribal haircut of Gheg malësor (“highlander”) clan members; Kastrati, Shkreli. Similar haircuts were also worn by Arbëreshë (Arvanite) males.


koronavirus

koronavirusi (definite)
koronavirus (indefinite nominative singular)
koronavirusi (definite nominative singular)
koronavirus (accusative indefinite singular)
koronavirusin (accusative definite singular)
koronavirusi (indefinite singular)
koronavirusit (definite singular)


bishtalec

bishtaleca (plural)
bishtalec (indefinite nominative singular)
bishtaleci (definite nominative singular)
bishtaleca (indefinite nominative plural)
bishtalecat (definite nominative plural)
bishtalec (accusative indefinite singular)
bishtalecin (accusative definite singular)
bishtaleca (accusative indefinite plural)
bishtalecat (accusative definite plural)
bishtaleci (dative indefinite singular)
bishtalecit (dative definite singular)
bishtalecave (dative indefinite plural)
bishtalecave (dative definite plural)
bishtaleci (ablative indefinite singular)
bishtalecit (ablative definite singular)
bishtalecash (ablative indefinite plural)
bishtalecave (ablative definite plural)

From root bisht (“tail”) + "-alec" (diminutive suffix).


karuc

karuc m (plural karuca, definite karuci, definite plural karucat)

karuca (plural)
karuci (definite)
karucat (definite plural)
karuc (indefinite nominative singular)
karuci (definite nominative singular)
karuca (indefinite nominative plural)
karucat (definite nominative plural)
karuc (accusative indefinite singular)
karucin (accusative definite singular)
karuca (accusative indefinite plural)
karucat (accusative definite plural)
karuci (dative indefinite singular)
karucit (dative definite singular)
karucave (dative indefinite plural)
karucave (dative definite plural)
karuci (ablative indefinite singular)
karucit (ablative definite singular)
karucash (ablative indefinite plural)
karucave (ablative definite plural)

Diminutive of kar (“penis, dick, cock”); kar + -uc.


bisht pëllumbi

bisht pëllumbi m (plural bisht pëllumba)

From bisht (“tail”) + pëllumbi (“dove”), literally "dove tail".


pikëlëkurë

píkëlëkúrë f (plural píkëlëkúrë, definite píkëlëkúra, definite plural píkëlëkúrët)

píkëlëkúrë (canonical feminine)
píkëlëkúrë (plural)
píkëlëkúra (definite)
píkëlëkúrët (definite plural)

Cognate to Gheg Albanian pik(ë)laqur; from pikë (“drop, dot, freckle”) + lëkurë (“skin”).


çaul

çaúl m (plural çaúla, definite çaúli, definite plural çaúlat)

çaúl (canonical masculine)
çaúla (plural)
çaúli (definite)
çaúlat (definite plural)


sisë

sisë f (plural sisa, definite sisa, definite plural sisat)

sisa (plural)
sisa (definite)
sisat (definite plural)

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian sȉsa／си̏са. Compare also Italian sisa.


ajasmë

ajásmë (canonical feminine)
ajásma (definite)


qiellzë

From qiell (“sky”) + -zë. For semantics compare Greek ουρανίσκος (ouranískos), South Proto-Slavic *nebьce.


kacarry

From kaca- + rryl (“trachea; larynx; Adam's apple”).


yzengji

sq-noun

yzengji f (plural yzengji, definite yzengjia, definite plural yzengjitë)

yzengji (plural)
yzengjia (definite)
yzengjitë (definite plural)
yzengji (indefinite nominative singular)
yzengjia (definite nominative singular)
yzengji (indefinite nominative plural)
yzengjitë (definite nominative plural)
yzengji (accusative indefinite singular)
yzengjinë (accusative definite singular)
yzengji (accusative indefinite plural)
yzengjitë (accusative definite plural)
yzengjie (dative indefinite singular)
yzengjisë (dative definite singular)
yzengjive (dative indefinite plural)
yzengjive (dative definite plural)
yzengjie (ablative indefinite singular)
yzengjisë (ablative definite singular)
yzengjish (ablative indefinite plural)
yzengjive (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوزنگی (üzengi).


qose

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish كوسه (köse).


shlivovicë

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian šljȉvovica／шљи̏вовица, while the variant slivovicë is borrowed from Macedonian сливовица (slivovica).

šljȉvovica//шљи̏вовица


bubrek

sq-noun

bubrek m (plural bubrekë, definite bubreku, definite plural bubrekët)

bubrekë (plural)
bubreku (definite)
bubrekët (definite plural)
bubrek (indefinite nominative singular)
bubreku (definite nominative singular)
bubrekë (indefinite nominative plural)
bubrekët (definite nominative plural)
bubrek (accusative indefinite singular)
bubrekun (accusative definite singular)
bubrekë (accusative indefinite plural)
bubrekët (accusative definite plural)
bubreku (dative indefinite singular)
bubrekut (dative definite singular)
bubrekëve (dative indefinite plural)
bubrekëve (dative definite plural)
bubreku (ablative indefinite singular)
bubrekut (ablative definite singular)
bubrekësh (ablative indefinite plural)
bubrekëve (ablative definite plural)

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish بوبرك (böbrek, “kidney”), from Proto-Turkic *bögrek (“kidney”).


gushë

sq-noun

gushë m (plural gusha, definite gusha, definite plural gushat)

gusha (plural)
gusha (definite)
gushat (definite plural)
gushë (indefinite nominative singular)
gusha (definite nominative singular)
gusha (indefinite nominative plural)
gushat (definite nominative plural)
gushë (accusative indefinite singular)
gushën (accusative definite singular)
gusha (accusative indefinite plural)
gushat (accusative definite plural)
gushe (dative indefinite singular)
gushës (dative definite singular)
gushave (dative indefinite plural)
gushave (dative definite plural)
gushe (ablative indefinite singular)
gushës (ablative definite singular)
gushash (ablative indefinite plural)
gushave (ablative definite plural)

According to Orel, from Romanian gușă, from Vulgar Latin *gusia (compare Aromanian gushi, gushe, Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulian gose, French gosier (“gullet”)).


cirrozë

cirrozë f (plural cirroza, definite cirroza, definite plural cirrozat)

cirroza (plural)
cirroza (definite)
cirrozat (definite plural)


gërdec

gërdec m (plural gërdeca, definite gërdeci, definite plural gërdecat)

gërdeca (plural)
gërdeci (definite)
gërdecat (definite plural)
gërdec (indefinite nominative singular)
gërdeci (definite nominative singular)
gërdeca (indefinite nominative plural)
gërdecat (definite nominative plural)
gërdec (accusative indefinite singular)
gërdecin (accusative definite singular)
gërdeca (accusative indefinite plural)
gërdecat (accusative definite plural)
gërdeci (dative indefinite singular)
gërdecit (dative definite singular)
gërdecave (dative indefinite plural)
gërdecave (dative definite plural)
gërdeci (ablative indefinite singular)
gërdecit (ablative definite singular)
gërdecash (ablative indefinite plural)
gërdecave (ablative definite plural)


diarre

Internationalism, compare English diarrhea, Italian diarrea.


spirë

(medicine, veterinary medicine, originally Gheg) diarrhea


zgjuath

(originally northern Tosk, Myzeqe, medicine) onychia, whitlow, agnail


idhcë

ídhca (definite)
idhcë (indefinite nominative singular)
idhca (definite nominative singular)
idhca (indefinite nominative plural)
idhcat (definite nominative plural)
idhcë (accusative indefinite singular)
idhcën (accusative definite singular)
idhca (accusative indefinite plural)
idhcat (accusative definite plural)
idhce (dative indefinite singular)
idhcës (dative definite singular)
idhcave (dative indefinite plural)
idhcave (dative definite plural)
idhce (ablative indefinite singular)
idhcës (ablative definite singular)
idhcash (ablative indefinite plural)
idhcave (ablative definite plural)

Probably from dialectal Gheg form idhtë of hidhur (“bitter”). See Romanian fiere for similar semantic relationship.


majasëll

majasëlli (definite)
majasëll (indefinite nominative singular)
majasëlli (definite nominative singular)
majasëll (accusative indefinite singular)
majasëllin (accusative definite singular)
majasëlli (indefinite singular)
majasëllit (definite singular)

(medicine, colloquial) hemorrhoid, piles


vrigull

vrigull m (plural vríguj, definite vrígulli, definite plural vrígujt)

vríguj (plural)
vrígulli (definite)
vrígujt (definite plural)
vrigull (indefinite nominative singular)
vrigulli (definite nominative singular)
vringuj (indefinite nominative plural)
vringujt (definite nominative plural)
vrigull (accusative indefinite singular)
vrigullin (accusative definite singular)
vringuj (accusative indefinite plural)
vringujt (accusative definite plural)
vrigulli (dative indefinite singular)
vrigullit (dative definite singular)
vringujve (dative indefinite plural)
vringujve (dative definite plural)
vrigulli (ablative indefinite singular)
vrigullit (ablative definite singular)
vringujsh (ablative indefinite plural)
vringujve (ablative definite plural)