carac
English
Noun
carac (plural caracs)
- Alternative form of carrack.
Anagrams
Albanian
Alternative forms
- caracë f
Etymology
Perhaps from *car (“sting”) + -ac. Compare carangth (“Cirsium arvense”) and acar (“frost”).[1]Çabej follows Jokl and relates it to ther (“to cut; to gut”) wit usual c:th alteration.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡saˈɾat͡s/
- Rhymes: -at͡s
Noun
carac m (plural caracë, definite caraci, definite plural caracët)
- European nettle tree (Celtis australis)[3][4][5]
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:carac
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | carac | caraci | caracë | caracët |
| accusative | caracin | |||
| dative | caraci | caracit | caracëve | caracëve |
| ablative | caracësh | |||
Derived terms
- carac i vogël
- carac perëndimor
References
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “carac”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 289
- ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “carac”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 12
- ^ “carác,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 214a
- ^ Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “caraci”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 54a
- ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “carac”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 46b