kaps

See also: Kaps

Albanian

Etymology

From kap (“seize, hold, grab”) +‎ -s (“adverb suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaps]

Adverb

kaps

1. (a human or animal) affected by constipation, unable to empty the bowels (hardened feces)
2. constipated, costive, stuffy

   E bëri kaps.

   It made him/her/it constipated.

3. (figurative, regional) stiff, rigid, hard(ly), dead(ly), petrified

Derived terms

• kapsllëk m, kapsllëku m

Related terms

• kap
  • kapem
  • kapës, kapësi m, kapëse f, kapësja f
  • kapëz f, kapëza f
  • kapje f, kapja f
  • kapshëm
  • kapur
• kapis, kapit; rraskapit
  • kapitem; rraskapitem
  • kapitje f, kapitja f; rraskapitje f, rraskapitja f
  • kapitur; rraskapitur
• kaploj
  • kaplohem
  • kapluar
• kapt
  • kaptë f, kapta f
  • kaptohet
  • kaptoj
  • kaptuar

Further reading

• [1] adverb kaps • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [2] adverb kaps • FJALË - Fjalor Shqip (WORD - Albanian Dictionary)

Latvian

Etymology

Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kāpa (“dune”), Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”), kopa (“dune”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).

Cognate to Proto-Albanian *kapa (Standard Albanian kapth (“(mountain) path”)).

Noun

kaps m (1st declension)

1. grave
2. tomb
3. sepulchre

Declension

Declension of kaps (1st)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	kaps	kapi
genitive	kapa	kapu
dative	kapam	kapiem
accusative	kapu	kapus
instrumental	kapu	kapiem
locative	kapā	kapos
vocative	kap	kapi