kaçubë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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An early Slavic loanword, from Proto-Slavic *kočubъ ~ *kočuba ("crest, tuft").[1] Topalli suggests a derivation from cub (“short-tailed”).[2]

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Noun

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kaçubë f (plural kaçuba, definite kaçuba, definite plural kaçubat)

  1. (botany) bush, shrub

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kaçubë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kaçubë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 685-686
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