çifut

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چفوت (çıfut).[1][2][3][4]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

çifut m (plural çifutë or (Gheg) çifutën)

  1. Jew
    Synonym: hebre
  2. (derogatory) stingy person, miser, kike
    Synonym: dorështrënguar
  3. (derogatory, archaic) coward
    Synonym: frikacak

Declension[edit]

Declension of çifut
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative çifut çifutë çifuti çifutët
accusative çifutin
dative çifuti çifutëve çifutit çifutëvet
ablative çifutësh

Adjective[edit]

çifut (feminine çifute)

  1. Jewish
    Synonym: hebraik

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “tšifút”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 447
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 115
  3. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “çifut”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 339
  4. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “çifut”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 112

Further reading[edit]

  • “çifut”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 259
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “çifut”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 59b
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “cfut”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 17
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