cucë
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | cucë | cuca | cuca | cucat |
| accusative | cucën | |||
| dative | cuce | cucës | cucave | cucave |
| ablative | cucash | |||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- cucëll, cucëni
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48