cjap

Albanian

Alternative forms

• cap, sqap, cqap, cabe

Etymology

From the same source as Romanian țap, Italian zappo, Proto-Germanic *skēpą, Old Ruthenian цапъ (cap).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sjap/
• Hyphenation: cjap

Noun

cjap m (plural cjep, definite cjapi, definite plural cjeptë)

1. he-goat, billy goat

   Coordinate term: dhi (“she-goat”)

Declension

Declension of cjap

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cjap	cjapi	cjep	cjeptë
accusative		cjapin
dative	cjapi	cjapit	cjepve	cjepve
ablative			cjepsh

References

• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 10: “caper, becco — siap”

Further reading

• “cjap”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “cjap”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]