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Albanian
Etymology
From frikë (“fear”) + -a- + -man.[1][2]
Adjective
frikaman (feminine frikamane) (derogatory)
- cowardly, gutless
- Synonym: frikacak
Noun
frikaman m (derogatory)
- coward, chicken
- Synonym: frikacak
References
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “frikε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 111
- ^ Newmark, L., Hubbard, P., Prifti, P. (1982) Standard Albanian: a reference grammar for students, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, § 3.4.1 D, page 173
Further reading
- “frikaman”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980