drugë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• drug m

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian drȕga／дру̏га, drȗg／дру̑г, from Proto-Slavic *drǫgъ (“bar, pole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɾuɡə/
• Rhymes: -uɡə

Noun

drugë f (plural druga, definite druga, definite plural drugat)

1. spindle, distaff

   Synonym: bosht

2. shuttle (of a loom), spool, bobbin

   Synonyms: sovajkë, mëqik, masur

3. forked distaff

   Synonym: furkë

4. (regional) slingshot handle
5. (dialectal) circumlocution

   Synonym: perifrazim

Derived terms

• drugëz

 

References

• “drúg/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 380ab
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “drug”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 84b
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “drugë”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 68b
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “drug-a”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 67
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “drug-a”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 14b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “dρούκ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 109