çupë

See also: çupe, cupè, cupé, and CUPE

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *štšupā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁-peh₂ (compare Sanskrit शिशु (śiśu), Old Irish cúan).

Noun

çupë f (plural çupa, definite çupa, definite plural çupat)

  1. girl, maiden
  2. kid

Declension

Declension of çupë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çupë çupa çupa çupat
accusative çupën
dative çupe çupës çupave çupave
ablative çupash

Further reading

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