shakull

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin sacculus (“small bag”), diminutive of saccus.[1] Compare also Romanian săcui, Aromanian sãculj.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃakuɫ/
  • Rhymes: -kuɫ
  • Hyphenation: shá‧kull

Noun

shakull m (plural shakuj, definite shakulli, definite plural shakujt)

  1. (chiefly northern Tosk, Kolonjë) leather bag for keeping dairy, oil, grains, etc.
    Synonyms: kacek, calik
  2. forge blower, bellows
    Synonym: gjyryk
  3. small twister, whirlwind, tornado, gale
    Synonyms: shakullinë, rrëshek
  4. epilepsy
    Synonyms: epilepsi, punëherë, botë
  5. (Arbëresh) icicle
    Synonym: ehull
  6. (figurative) deserted, left in the lurch
  7. (adjective) to be belly out, bulging, swell up
  8. (adverb) left gasping

Declension
Declension of shakull
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shakull shakuj shakulli shakujt
accusative shakullin
dative shakulli shakujve shakullit shakujvet
ablative shakujsh

Derived terms
  • shakullij
  • shakullinë
  • shakullisem
  • shakullohem
  • shakullor
  • shakullore
  • shakullori
  • shakulluer

References
  1. Topalli, K. (2017) “shakull”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 1366-1367

Further reading
  • “shakull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “shakull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shákull”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 467
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