krye

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kryœ < *krœ̅n < *krōna, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱroh₂snom (“head”) < *ḱerh₂-. Compare Ancient Greek κρανίον (kraníon, “skull”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkɾyɛ/

Noun

krye n (plural krerë, definite kreu, definite plural krerët)

  1. (anatomy) head, cranium
  2. (figurative) brains
  3. (figurative) life
  4. top or main part of an object
  5. spring of a river
  6. beginning or start of something
  7. honorable seat or place
  8. most important person in a group

Noun

krye m (plural krerë, definite kreu, definite plural krerët)

  1. head (of cattle, livestock)
    Synonym: kokë
  2. chapter
  3. leader

Declension
Declension of krye
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative krye krerë kreu krerët
accusative kreun
dative kreu krerëve kreut krerëvet
ablative krerësh

Derived terms

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caput — crȣe”
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