cubak

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡suˈbak/

Etymology

From cub (“bobtailed”) +‎ -ak.[1]

Adjective

cubák (feminine cubake)

  1. bobtailed, having a docked tail, shortened
    Synonyms: bishtprerë, cub, bishtcub, cuban, dungë
  2. (figurative) thornback, star-crossed
    Synonyms: fatpadalë, fatprerë
    kishem pasë lé me orë cubake ― we had been born with bad luck
  3. (regional, Nikaj-Mërtur) awnless (for grain)
    Synonym: cub

Noun

cubák f (plural cubakë, definite cubaku, definite plural cubakët)

  1. stover, reed stalk
    Synonyms: kallamishte, kallam
  2. chump
    Synonyms: kërcu, cung

Declension

Declension of cubak
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cubak cubaku cubakë cubakët
accusative cubakun
dative cubaku cubakut cubakëve cubakëve
ablative cubakësh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cub”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 58-59

Further reading

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