scaba

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Might be a deverbal from Albanian shqipe, shkype, modern forms of the old term Albanian shkabë (eagle); which derived from Proto-Albanian *iš-gabā, from Proto-Indo-European *kobuǵos. A cognate to English hawk, Latin capys (bird of prey) and Russian ко́бец (kóbec, falcon).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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scaba f (plural scabale)

  1. (regional) white-tailed eagle, sea eagle
    Synonym: codalb

Declension

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See also

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