kasnec

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic казньць (kaznĭcĭ) ("chamberlain, person in charge of the treasury") a court title of state employees in medieval Bosnia and Serbia.[1][2] Ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *kaznь, which was inherited into Serbo-Croatian kazna ("punishment, penalty, revelation").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasˈnɛt͡s/

Noun

kasnec m (plural kasnecë, definite kasneci, definite plural kasnecët)

  1. herald
  2. (derogatory) propagator

Declension

Declension of kasnec
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kasnec kasneci kasnecë kasnecët
accusative kasnecin
dative kasneci kasnecit kasnecëve kasnecëve
ablative kasnecësh

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • kasnecoj
  • kasnecar
  • kasneci

References

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “kasnec”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kasnec”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 729-730
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