cinxami
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the onomatopoeic root cinx-, whence cinxër (“cicada”), cinxakuq (“wren with a red spot”) and cinxull (“yellowhammer”), compound with mi (“mouse”), as in gjysmami (“wren”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sind͡zaˈmi/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
cinxamí m (plural cinxaminj, definite cinxamiu, definite plural cinxaminjtë)
- wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Synonyms: çerr, ferrak, cirkakeq, cermëlí; see also Thesaurus:cinxami
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | cinxami | cinxamiu | cinxaminj | cinxaminjtë |
| accusative | cinxamiun | |||
| dative | cinxamiu | cinxamiut | cinxaminjve | cinxaminjve |
| ablative | cinxaminjsh | |||
References
- “cinxamí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 226b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “cinxamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 50a
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 135