rrok

Albanian

Etymology 1

Related to Proto-Germanic *rukkjan (“to move, to remove, to stir, to snatch, to pull, to push”) (cf.Old English roccian, Old High German rucchan, Old Norse rykkja)[1].

Verb

rrok (first-person singular past tense rroka, participle rrokur)

  1. I seize, snatch, touch
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Derivative of the verb, originally meaning 'something snatched off'.

Adjective

rrok m (feminine rroke)

  1. raw

Verb

rrok (first-person singular past tense rroka, participle rrokur)

  1. I hit, swing, throw

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “rrok”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 389
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