ragal

Albanian

Etymology

Methatesized form of earlier *argal linked to Ancient Macedonian ἄργελλα (árgella, “dwelling-place, where [men] bathe while warming up”) and Ancient Greek ἄργιλλα (árgilla, “subterranean house”) (Magna Graecia). All forms likely derive from a substrate word (see ἄργιλλος, white clay).

Noun

ragal m (plural ragaje, definite ragali, definite plural ragajet)

1. kennel

   Synonym: shtrohë

Declension

Declension of ragal

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	ragal	ragaje	ragali	ragajet
accusative			ragalin
dative	ragali	ragajeve	ragalit	ragajeve
ablative		ragajesh

References

• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN