kacafyt

Albanian

Etymology

From kaca- +‎ fyt (throat).[1][2]

Verb

kacafyt (aorist kacafyta, participle kacafytur) (transitive)

  1. to grab by one's throat; to choke
    Synonym: mbyt
  2. (figurative) to suppress, overcome
    Synonym: mbyt
  3. (mediopassive) See kacafytem.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • kacafytas
  • kacafytje

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 6

Further reading

  • kacafyt”, 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