prokë

Albanian

Etymology

With an unusual voicing of the anlaut, borrowed from Vulgar Latin brocca (“fork, roasting-spit”), from Latin broccus. Compare French broche, Italian brocca.[1]

Noun

prokë f (plural proka, definite proka, definite plural prokat)

  1. nail, fork

Declension
Declension of prokë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative prokë proka proka prokat
accusative prokën
dative proke prokave prokës prokavet
ablative prokash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “prokë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 347
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