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cicë

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See also: cice, číče, çıce, and çiçe

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *tsitsā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱik- (compare Serbo-Croatian sisa (“teat, tit”), Irish cíoch (“breast”)). Related to thith. Compare Macedonian цица (cica), Italian zizza, German Zitze. Akin to sisë and thithë.[1]

Noun

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cicë f (plural cica, definite cica, definite plural cicat)

  1. breast, tit, boob
    Synonyms: sisë, thithë

Declension

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Declension of cicë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cicë cica cica cicat
accusative cicën
dative cice cicës cicave cicave
ablative cicash

References

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  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cicë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana: Akademia e Shkencave e Republikës Popullore të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, page 30

Further reading

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  • “cicë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “cicë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press
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