kukuvriq

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kukuvˈɾic/
• Rhymes: -ic
• Hyphenation: ku‧kuv‧ríq

Noun

kukuvriq m (plural kukuvríqë, definite kukuvríqi, definite plural kukuvríqët)

1. male owl

   Antonym: kukuvajkë (“female owl”)

2. (mythology) revenant, zombie

   Synonyms: kukudh, lugat

3. (Arvanitika) newly-hatched chick (chicken young)

   Synonym: zog pule

4. incubator chick
5. chick hatched incubated on the human body (carried on breast for 40 days)

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kukuvriq	kukuvriqi	kukuvriqë	kukuvriqët
accusative		kukuvriqin
dative	kukuvriqi	kukuvriqit	kukuvriqëve	kukuvriqëve
ablative			kukuvriqësh

Declension of kukuvriq

Adverb

kukuvriq

1. clutched, clenched

   Synonyms: rrëmujë, kruspull

Further reading

• “kukuvriq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
• “kukuvriq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kukuvriq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223