cubë

See also: cube, cubé, and чубе

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡subə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian ćȕba (“tuft, crest”), Polish czub (“tuft, crest”).

Alternative forms

Noun

cubë f (plural cuba, definite cuba, definite plural cubat)

  1. tuft of hair
    Synonyms: çubë, tufë
Declension
Declension of cubë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cubë cuba cuba cubat
accusative cubën
dative cube cubës cubave cubave
ablative cubash

Etymology 2

From cub (“bobtailed”).

Noun

cubë f (plural cuba, definite cuba, definite plural cubat)

  1. bobtailed animal
    Synonym: cungë
  2. old rifle with short barrel
  3. cap gun for kids, filled from the barrel side with matchsticks powder
    Synonym: take
Declension
Declension of cubë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cubë cuba cuba cubat
accusative cubën
dative cube cubës cubave cubave
ablative cubash

Further reading

  • “cubë”, 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, Leonard (1999), “cubë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary
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