cipër

See also: çipër

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly related to cipull (type of small fig), cipro (variety of fig), and çipër (small-breasted sheep), semantically related to the meaning "small". Further analysis is uncertain.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sipəɾ]

Noun

cípër f

  1. (regional) small-eared person
  2. (regional) small grape bunch

Declension

Declension of cipër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cipër cipra cipra ciprat
accusative ciprën
dative cipre ciprës ciprave ciprave
ablative ciprash

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cipull”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 45