kaush

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-t (“skin, hide”) (compare Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skûtos, “cover, hide”). Related to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to hide, to cover”). Compare Old English hūs (“dwelling, shelter, house”), German Haus (“house”).

Noun

kaush m (plural kaushë, definite kaushi, definite plural kaushët)

  1. container or bag (generally for holding food), cone
  2. big chamber, room, dormitory
  3. (a dark) prison cell

Declension

Declension of kaush
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kaush kaushi kaushë kaushët
accusative kaushin
dative kaushi kaushit kaushëve kaushëve
ablative kaushësh

Further reading

  • “kaush”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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