mëkresë

Albanian

Etymology

Together with its morphonological variant mëkrejcë (“baulk”), reflects a prefixal derivative of krye,[1] probably using the variant kresë. Also probably related to mëkrejsë.

Noun

mëkresë f (plural mëkresa, definite mëkresa, definite plural mëkresat)

  1. tombstone

Declension
Declension of mëkresë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative mëkresë mëkresa mëkresa mëkresat
accusative mëkresën
dative mëkrese mëkresave mëkresës mëkresavet
ablative mëkresash
  • krye
  • mëkrejsë
  • mëkrejcë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëkresë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
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