cicë

See also: cice, číče, çıce, and çiçe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsitsā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱik- (compare Serbo-Croatian sisa (“teat, tit”), Irish cíoch (“breast”)). Related to thith. Compare Macedonian цица (cica), Italian zizza, German Zitze. Akin to sisë and thithë.[1]

Noun

cicë f (plural cica, definite cica, definite plural cicat)

  1. breast, tit, boob
    Synonyms: sisë, thithë

Declension

Declension of cicë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cicë cica cica cicat
accusative cicën
dative cice cicës cicave cicave
ablative cicash

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cicë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 30

Further reading

  • “cicë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “cicë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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