çufrak

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From çufër (“bush”) +‎ -ak.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃufˈɾak/

Adjective

çufrak (feminine çufrake)

  1. bunch-shaped, tuft-shaped
    Synonym: tufshak
  2. dense and curly (for hair), ulotrichous
  3. short-bodied
    Synonyms: shtatshkurtër, trupvogël, shkurtabiq
  4. bolting, not-heading, not forming a head (cabbage)

Noun

çufrak m (plural çufrakë, definite çufraku, definite plural çufrakët, female equivalent çufrake)

  1. something bunch-shaped, or that grows in a bunch
  2. person with dense and curly hair
  3. short-bodied person
    Synonyms: shkurtabiq, shtatshkurtër, trupvogël
  4. a cabbage that is bolting, not-heading, not forming a head

Declension

Declension of çufrak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çufrak çufraku çufrakë çufrakët
accusative çufrakun
dative çufraku çufrakut çufrakëve çufrakëve
ablative çufrakësh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “çufër”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 137

Further reading

  • “çufrak”, 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
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