fuqi

See also: fúqi, fúqì, and fūqī

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly from Proto-Albanian: *spukja[1], either cognate with Latvian spèks (“strength”),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *speh₁- (“to succeed, prosper”) or Ancient Greek φῦσα (phûsa, “breath; bellows”), Old Armenian փուք (pʿukʿ, “breath”), Lithuanian pùsti (“to swell”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pew- (“to inflate”).[1] Alternatively, from *fujqi[3], borrowed from Vulgar Latin *fulcius, from Latin fulcīō (“to prop up; to support; to make strong”),[4]

Noun

fuqi f (plural fuqi, definite fuqia, definite plural fuqitë)

  1. (physical) strength, force, might
    Synonym: takat

Declension
Declension of fuqi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative fuqi fuqi fuqia fuqitë
accusative fuqinë
dative fuqie fuqive fuqisë fuqive
ablative fuqish

Derived terms

References
  1. Karl Treimer (1938), “Der f-Laut im Albanischen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 65, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →JSTOR, pages 106-107
  2. Barić, Henrik (1919) Albanorumänishe studien. I. Teil (Zur Kunde der Balkanhalbinsel. Quellen und Forschungen; 7) (in German), Sarajevo: Institut für Balkanforschung, page 25: “*sp(h)uk⁽u̯⁾o”
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “fuqi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 106
  4. Meyer, G. (1891), “fuḱt”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 114: “fuĺḱí”

Further reading
  • Erat, Janez (2008), “fuqi”, in Etimološki slovar albanskega jezika [Albanian Etymological Dictionary] (in Slovene), 2nd edition, page 43b
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