sjap

Albanian

Etymology

An alternative form of cjap (“billy goat”). Early Gheg authors Buzuku, Bardhi, and Bogdani use it. The variant still survives today in some northern dialects, i.e., Gjakova, Arbanasi, etc.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjap/

Noun

sjap m (plural sjep, definite sjapi, definite plural sjeptë)

  1. (regional) he-goat, billy goat

Declension

Declension of sjap
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative sjap sjapi sjep sjeptë
accusative sjapin
dative sjapi sjapit sjepve sjepve
ablative sjepsh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cjap”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 50

Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun

sjap m (plural sjappen, diminutive sjapje n or sjappie n)

  1. (colloquial, obsolete) jenever, gin, or a portion of gin

Etymology 2

From sjappietouwer, sjappetouwer. The affricative pronunciation may be influenced by English chap.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /(t)ʃɑp/

Noun

sjap m (plural sjappen, diminutive sjapje n or sjappie n)

  1. (slang, derogatory) a nasty, anti-social (young) male, often considered uncivilized
    • 1895 December, Johan Thorn-Prikker, Tweemaandelijksch Tijdschrift, published 1894, vol. 2, 106:
      Natuurlijk is geld de oorzaak van alle moord en slechtheid, dat is bekend, maar waarom wordt de mindere man, ik bedoel de werkman, door alle sjappen als een soort dier aangezien?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1914, Israël Querido, "Van Nes en Zeedijk", in De Jordaan. Amsterdamsch epos, part 2, Scheltens & Giltay (10th ed. undated, first ed. 1914), 60.
      Het stonk er eeuwig en niks dan chappies zwabberden om je heen.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (slang, dated) a good egg, fine guy, trump
    • 1918, “Leestafel”, in Onze Eeuw, vol. 18, 125:
      Ach, het is eene kleine kunst, lijkt me, om tegenover elkaar te stellen de hyper-conservatieve edellieden uit een dorp - een graaf, een baron, een jonkheer, enkele freules - en een ‘rijken sjap’, zooals de parvenu zichzelven noemt.
      Oh well, it must be an easy trick, methinks, to stir up the hyper-conservative nobles from a village - an earl, a baron, a squire, a couple of noblewomen - and a ‘rich trump’, as the upstart calls himself, against each other.
    • 1926, Cornélie Noordwal, Pernsion Brocke, Bruna, section 226:
      ‘Wat een goeie sjap was Theo toch; wat een beste goeie vent. (...)’
      ‘What a fine chap Theo was; what a great good egg. (...)’

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

sjap c (plural sjappen, diminutive sjapje n)

  1. (historical) chop, a stamp or seal used in East Asia

Etymology 4

Alternative forms

Noun

sjap m (plural sjappen, diminutive sjapje n)

  1. (historical) shovel, spade, used in the Caribbean
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