këpucë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kpucë (Gheg)

Etymology

From këputë (“sole”).[1] Other proposals include: 1) Camarda, from Greek παπούτσι (papoútsi). 2) Meyer, from Turkish papuç pabuç, from Ottoman Turkish پاپوش (papush), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš), although these are less probable as they are reflected already in Albanian papuçë.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈput͡s(ə)/
  • Hyphenation: kë‧pu‧cë, kë‧pucë

Noun

këpucë f (plural këpucë, definite këpuca, definite plural këpucët)

  1. shoe
  2. boot

Declension

Declension of këpucë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative këpucë këpuca këpucë këpucët
accusative këpucën
dative këpuce këpucës këpucëve këpucëve
ablative këpucësh

Derived terms

  • këpucar

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këpucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 179

Further reading

  • “këpucë”, 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
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