carangth

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *car (“sting”) + -an and diminutive suffix -th. Related to carac (“European nettle tree”), carbë (“scrap, rag”), carrok (“little boy”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡saˈɾaŋθ/

Noun

carangth m (plural carangtha, definite carangthi, definite plural carangthat)

  1. (botany) creeping thistle (Cirsium arvense)

Declension

Declension of carangth
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative carangth carangthi carangthe carangthet
accusative carangthin
dative carangthi carangthit carangtheve carangtheve
ablative carangthesh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “carac”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 12
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “carangth”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 289

Further reading

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