keq

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kakja, either from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (compare Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”), Lithuanian keñti (“to be evil”),[1][2] or from a Mediterranean substrate word along with the Ancient Greek cognate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɛcɕ/

Adjective

i keq m (feminine e keqe, masculine plural të këqinj, feminine plural të këqija)

  1. bad

Antonyms

Derived terms

Adverb

keq

  1. poorly

Antonyms

See also

  • më vjen keq

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 175.
  2. ↑ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 223, 239.
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