kërcej

Albanian

Etymology

A derivative of kërcas, originally meaning 'to crack, to snap', thus 'to jump, to dance'. A descriptive term. Alternatively, from Dacian or Paleo-Balkan substrate, cognate to Romanian cățăra.[1]

Verb

kërcej (aorist kërceva, participle kërcyer)

  1. to dance
  2. to crack, to snap

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 152

Further reading

  • kërcej”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “kërcej”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]