kapth

Albanian

Etymology

From kap (“I grab, catch, grip”) +‎ -th (diminutive suffix); the former from Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-. Cognate with Lithuanian kāpas (“grave”), kopà (“dune”), Latvian kãpa (“dune”).[1]

Noun

kapth m (plural kapthe, definite kapthi, definite plural kapthet)

  1. (mountain) path, mule track

Declension

Declension of kapth
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kapth kapthi kapthe kapthet
accusative kapthin
dative kapthi kapthit kaptheve kaptheve
ablative kapthesh

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kapth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
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