çipër

See also: cipër

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to cipull (“type of small fig”), cipër (“small-eared”), and cipro (“type of fig”), semantically related to the meaning "small". Further analysis is uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡ʃipəɾ]

Noun

çípër f

  1. small-breasted sheep or goat

Declension

Declension of çipër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çipër çipra çipra çiprat
accusative çiprën
dative çipre çiprës çiprave çiprave
ablative çiprash

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cipull”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 45

Further reading

  • “çipër”, 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, L. (1999), “çipër”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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