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 (indefinite plural kapthe, definite singular kapthi, definite plural kapthet)

  1. (mountain) path, mule track

Declension

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
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