cërciqe

Albanian

Etymology

Part of a family of bird names originating from a onomatopoetic *cër. Related to cëril, see there for more details.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡səɾˈt͡sicɛ/

Noun

cërciqe f (plural cërciqe, definite cërciqja, definite plural cërciqet)

  1. (zoology) common buzzard chick (Buteo buteo)[2]

Declension

Declension of cërciqe
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cërciqe cërciqja cërciqe cërciqet
accusative cërciqen
dative cërciqeje cërciqes cërciqeve cërciqeve
ablative cërciqesh
  • cërr (“wren; gray, ashen”)
  • cëril (“song thrush”)
  • cëre (“buzzard”)

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cëril”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 25-27
  2. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “cërciqe”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 47
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