kapth

Albanian

Etymology

From kap (“I grab, catch, grip”) +‎ -th (diminutive suffix); the former from Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-. Cognate with Lithuanian kāpas (“grave”), kopà (“dune”), Latvian kãpa (“dune”).[1]

Noun

kapth m (plural kapthe, definite kapthi, definite plural kapthet)

  1. (mountain) path, mule track

Declension
Declension of kapth
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kapth kapthe kapthi kapthet
accusative kapthin
dative kapthi kaptheve kapthit kapthevet
ablative kapthesh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kapth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170
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