nofkë

Albanian

Etymology

From South Slavic *novъka (“new (name)”); compare Serbo-Croatian Novka (a woman's first name)).[1]

Noun

nofkë f (plural nofka, definite nofka, definite plural nofkat)

  1. nickname
    Synonym: paracukël

Declension

Declension of nofkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nofkë nofka nofka nofkat
accusative nofkën
dative nofke nofkës nofkave nofkave
ablative nofkash

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “nofkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 300-1

Further reading

  • “nofkë”, 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
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “nofkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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