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Albanian
Etymology
Vast majority of linguist are split between two main etymologies, either from an Indoeuropean-Mediterranean source, the same source as Romanian țap, Italian zappo, Proto-Germanic *skēpą, Old Ruthenian цапъ (cap), proposed by Meyer-Lübke, or from a paleo-Balkan stratum, related to the herding calls made to the goats, i.e. cap-cap in Albanian, τσάπ-τσάπ in modern Greek, etc., proposed by Rohlfs.
Wide spread word with many variants. Early Gheg authors Buzuku, Bardhi, and Bogdani use the variant sjap, still surviving today in Gjakova, Arbanasi, etc. dialects.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sjap/
- Hyphenation: cjáp
Noun
cjap m (plural cjep, definite cjapi, definite plural cjeptë)
- he-goat, billy goat
- Coordinate term: dhi (“she-goat”)
Declension
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Descendants
References
- ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cjap”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 50
- ^ Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caper, becco — siap”
Further reading
- “cjap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe , 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999) “cjap”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary