kërpudhë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • këpurdhë, këputhër, kapurdhë, këlpurdhë

Etymology

Metathesis of variant këpurdhë, from Proto-Albanian *kapur, from Proto-Indo-European *kep- (compare Lithuanian kepùrė (“cap”), Latvian cȩpure (“id”), Serbo-Croatian čèpac (“bonnet”)).[1]

Noun

kërpudhë f (plural kërpudha, definite kërpudha, definite plural kërpudhat)

  1. (mycology) mushroom
  2. pileus
  3. (medicine) fungal infection

Declension

Declension of kërpudhë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kërpudhë kërpudha kërpudha kërpudhat
accusative kërpudhën
dative kërpudhe kërpudhës kërpudhave kërpudhave
ablative kërpudhash

Derived terms

  • kërpudhor
  • shkëpurdh

References

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