kyç

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • klyç
  • qyç

Etymology

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”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kyt͡ʃ/

Noun

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

  1. key, lock
    Synonym: çelës
  2. (anatomy) joint

Declension
Declension of kyç
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kyç kyçe kyçi kyçet
accusative kyçin
dative kyçi kyçeve kyçit kyçevet
ablative kyçesh

Derived terms
  • kyçenicë

Adjective

kyç (feminine kyçe)

  1. key, most important

Verb

kyç (aorist kyça, participle kyçur)

  1. to lock

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kyç”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 208
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