çapë

See also: capë, capé, cápe, čape, and Cape

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšapā, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kop- (“to dig”). Cognate with Russian копы́то (kopýto, “to dig”).

Noun

çapë f (plural çapa, definite çapa, definite plural çapat)

  1. hard earth layer (while digging)

Declension

Declension of çapë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çapë çapa çapa çapat
accusative çapën
dative çape çapës çapave çapave
ablative çapash

Further reading

  • “çapë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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