shakull

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin sacculus (“small bag”), diminutive of saccus. 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

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

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

• “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