cubak

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡suˈbak/

Etymology

From cub (“bobtailed”) +‎ -ak.

Adjective

cubák (feminine cubake)

1. bobtailed, having a docked tail, shortened

   Synonyms: bishtprerë, cub, bishtcub, cuban, dungë

2. (figurative) thornback, star-crossed

   Synonyms: fatpadalë, fatprerë

   kishem pasë lé me orë cubake ― we had been born with bad luck

3. (regional, Nikaj-Mërtur) awnless (for grain)

   Synonym: cub

Noun

cubák f (plural cubakë, definite cubaku, definite plural cubakët)

1. stover, reed stalk

   Synonyms: kallamishte, kallam

2. chump

   Synonyms: kërcu, cung

Declension

Declension of cubak

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cubak	cubaku	cubakë	cubakët
accusative		cubakun
dative	cubaku	cubakut	cubakëve	cubakëve
ablative			cubakësh

Further reading

• “cubak”, 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), “cubak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary