spicë

See also: spice, spíce, špice, Spice, and SPICE

Albanian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspit͡sə/
  • Rhymes: -it͡sə
  • Hyphenation: spí‧cë

Noun

spicë f (plural spíca, definite spíca, definite plural spícat)

  1. shavings, splinter, chip (of wood)
    Synonyms: cefël, ashkël
  2. (in the plural) kindling
    Synonyms: shkarpë (in the plural), karthje
  3. (chiefly in the plural, figurative) to confuse/incite, to intrigue
    Synonyms: fitme, kalla, kunj, thumb, intrigë
  4. spoke (of wheel)
    Synonym: gishtëz
  5. (archaic, Gheg) cotter pin, tholepin
  6. (archaic, southern Gheg, Elbasan) fibre
  7. (adjective) pointy
  8. (adverb) fresh, fashionable

Declension

Declension of spicë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative spicë spica spica spicat
accusative spicën
dative spice spicës spicave spicave
ablative spicash

Derived terms

  • spicëtar (“intriguer”)

Further reading

  • “spicë”, 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
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “spicë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 458
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