gjak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *źakʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷós (“sap, resin”). Compare Lithuanian sakaĩ (“resin”), Ancient Greek ὀπός (opós, “sap”), Proto-Slavic *sokъ (“juice”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɟ͡ʝak]

Noun

gjak m (definite singular gjaku)

  1. blood

Declension
declension of gjak
indefinite forms definite forms
nominative gjak gjaku
accusative gjak gjakun
genitive
(i/e/të/së)		 gjaku gjakut
dative gjaku gjakut
ablative gjaku gjakut

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • gjakatar
  • gjakderdhës
  • gjakderdhje
  • gjakëmbël
  • gjakmarrje
  • gjaknxehtë
    • gjaknxehtësi
  • gjakoj, gjakosem
  • gjakos
  • gjakpastër
  • gjakpërlyer
  • gjakpirës
  • gjakrrjedhje
  • përgjakshëm

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 258.
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