shkak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skaka, from Proto-Indo-European *skek- (“to jump, be agile”). Cognate to Old Norse skaga (“to protrude”), Proto-Slavic *skokъ (“jump”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃkak/

Noun

shkak n (plural shkaqe, definite shkaku, definite plural shkaqet)

1. reason, cause
2. noose, snare, trap

Declension

Declension of shkak

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shkak	shkaku	shkaqe	shkaqet
accusative		shkakun
dative	shkaku	shkakut	shkaqeve	shkaqeve
ablative			shkaqesh

Derived terms

• për shkak të
• shkakësi
  • shkakësor
• shkakor
• shkaktar
• shkaktoj, shkaktohem
  • shkaktim

Related terms

• shkas
• shkathët

References

1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 418