dukem

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *duk-, from Proto-Indo-European *dewk- (to draw), perhaps contaminated with Proto-Indo-European *teng- (to think, feel, know). Compare Old High German dunhen (shine, appear, seem) (German dünken (seem, think, consider oneself)), Gothic þugkjan (þugkjan, to think, consider), Swedish tycka (to seem, look like) and perhaps Ancient Greek (Hom.) δοκέω (dokéō, think, suppose, seem)[1].

Verb

dukem (first-person singular past tense u duka, participle dukur); medio-passive voice

  1. I seem like
  2. I look like
  3. I appear like

Conjugation

(*): Gheg forms

Derived terms

Antonyms

  • zhdukem

References

  1. “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, pp. 1088
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