çaf

See also: Caf, CAF, and caf

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaf/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronoun

çaf

  1. alternative form of çë (“what”)

Etymology 2

Treimer and Jokl derive it from a base *skeps, cognate to Latin scobis, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *skabʰ- (“to scratch”). However, a change from sk- to ç- is unheard of. Çabej considers it a newer word, and groups it with the family of cip, cep, çip, etc., referring to something pointy.[1]

Noun

çaf m (plural çafë, definite çafi, definite plural çafët)

  1. rime, frost
    Synonyms: brymë, cipë akulli, vesë e ngrirë
  2. (Cham) icicle
    Synonyms: ehull, cingër, cingór, cërril
Declension
Declension of çaf
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çaf çafi çafë çafët
accusative çafin
dative çafi çafit çafëve çafëve
ablative çafësh

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Aromanian: țeafe (“glacial cold, frost”)
  • → Greek: τσάφη (tsáfi, “biting cold, frost”)

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “çaf”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 75
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