shok

Albanian

Etymology

Interpreted as singular of shoq, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin socius. Compare Romanian soț (“husband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃɔk]

Noun

shok m (plural shokë, definite shoku, definite plural shokët)

1. male friend
2. boyfriend
3. comrade

Declension

Declension of shok

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	shok	shoku	shokë	shokët
accusative		shokun
dative	shoku	shokut	shokëve	shokëve
ablative			shokësh

Coordinate terms

• (gender): shoqe

Further reading

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