gjak
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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ǵákə, from earlier Proto-Albanian *źaka, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“sap, resin”). Compare Lithuanian sakaĩ (“resin”), Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “sap”), Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
gjak m (definite gjaku)
Declension
Declension of gjak
Derived terms
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “gjak”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “gjak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, L. (1999) “gjak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary