kaçubë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kaçube

Etymology

An early Slavic loanword, from Proto-Slavic *kočubъ ~ *kočuba ("crest, tuft").[1] Topalli suggests a derivation from cub (“short-tailed”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈt͡ʃuːb/

Noun

kaçubë f (plural kaçuba, definite kaçuba, definite plural kaçubat)

  1. (botany) bush, shrub

Declension

Declension of kaçubë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kaçubë kaçuba kaçuba kaçubat
accusative kaçubën
dative kaçube kaçubës kaçubave kaçubave
ablative kaçubash

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kaçubë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kaçubë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 685-686

Further reading

  • “kaçubë”, 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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