fraq
Albanian
Alternative forms
- thrak
Etymology
From *frak, from Proto-Albanian *awa-raka. Close to Latvian rakt (“to dig”), Lithuanian rakù, ràkti (“to peck open, to lance”). Variant of older form thrak[1].
Noun
fraq f (indefinite plural fraqra, definite singular fraqi, definite plural fraqet)
- biting cold, frost
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “fraq”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 102