kafshë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin sense thing, from Latin causa,[1] compare Italian cosa (thing). The word shifted from thing to animal possibly by influence of gjë (thing; livestock, cattle).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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kafshë f (plural kafshë, definite kafsha, definite plural kafshët)

  1. animal
    Synonym: shtazë
  2. (figurative) idiot

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Bonnet, Guillaume (1999) Les mots latins de l’albanais (Sémantiques) (in French), Paris: L’Harmattan, →ISBN, page 109