sakicë

See also: sakice

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Çabej derives it, together with cakorre and cakicë, from cak, a lexicalization of the onomatopoeic theme, resembling the sound of a cut.[1] Alternatively, from a South Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian sekira, Macedonian секавица (sekavica), Bulgarian сакавица (sakavica), though they have given sakë and sakavicë in Albanian.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [saˈkiːt͡sə]

Noun

sákicë f (plural sakica, definite sakica, definite plural sakicat)

  1. small axe
    Synonyms: sëpatë, naxhake, latore, nagaçe, cakorre

Declension

Declension of sakicë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sakicë sakica sakica sakicat
accusative sakicën
dative sakice sakicës sakicave sakicave
ablative sakicash

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cakorre”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 6
  2. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “sakicë”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, pages 261-262

Further reading

  • “sakicë”, 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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