kërrutë

See also: kërrute

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cornūtus (“horned”) or alternatively from early Romanian cornută, nominative feminine of cornut.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəˈruːt]

Noun

kërrutë f (plural kërruta, definite kërruta, definite plural kërrutat)

  1. goat or sheep with backward-curling horns
    Synonym: sjapole
  2. small-horned ewe
    Synonym: goshë

Declension

Declension of kërrutë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kërrutë kërruta kërruta kërrutat
accusative kërrutën
dative kërrute kërrutës kërrutave kërrutave
ablative kërrutash

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kërrutë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 758

Further reading

  • “kërrutë”, 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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