shakull

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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  • “shakull”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (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