kockë

Albanian

Etymology 1

From dialectal koskë, from South Slavic; cf. Macedonian коска (koska), Serbo-Croatian kȍska.[1]

Alternative forms
  • koskë
  • gockë (Berat)

Noun

kockë f (indefinite plural kocka, definite singular kocka, definite plural kockat)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (figuratively) core of a person's character, essential nature
  3. (figuratively) strong character
Synonyms
  1. asht, kokallë
  2. thelb
Derived terms
Compounds
compounds
  • kockaman
  • kockanjar
  • kockëbutë
  • kockëdalë
  • kockëfortë
  • kockëgjerë
  • kockëhollë
  • kockëmadh
  • kockëtrashë
  • kockëvogël
  • kockëzues

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. “koc” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 187.

Etymology 2

From South Slavic; cf. Macedonian коцка (kocka), Serbo-Croatian kȍcka ‘die, cube’.[1]

Noun

kockë f (indefinite plural kocka, definite singular kocka, definite plural kockat)

  1. die used in a children's dice game
  2. (figuratively) trinket, small thing of no value

References
  1. Xhelal Ylli, Das slawische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 121.
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