cucë

See also: cuce, cucę, cüce, and cücə

Albanian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia formation, also found in Slavic languages and in Hungarian csucsa (loved one).[1]

Noun

cucë f (plural cuca, definite cuca, definite plural cucat)

  1. girl, maiden
  2. breast, teat

Declension

Declension of cucë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cucë cuca cuca cucat
accusative cucën
dative cuce cucës cucave cucave
ablative cucash

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • cucëll, cucëni

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48