gozhup

Albanian

FWOTD – 29 August 2024

Alternative forms

• gazhup, goxhup, gaxhup — dialectal
• kozhup, kazhup, kozhuf — dialectal
• gozhun, kozhun — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *kožuxъ. Compare Macedonian кожув (kožuv) and dialectal Bulgarian кожу́ф (kožúf) for the final -f, regional Serbo-Croatian kòžūn／ко̀жӯн for the final -n and Ottoman Turkish غوجوق (gocuk) and dialectal Greek γκοζιόκας (gkoziókas) for the initial g-. The final -p and the medial -xh- likely arose by influence of xhup (“coat, jacket”), variant of xhybe, xhube, xhupe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoˈʒup/
• Rhymes: -up

Noun

gozhup m (plural gozhupa, definite gozhupi, definite plural gozhupat)

1. sheepskin coat

   Synonyms: lëkurçe, delesh

   • 1937, Gjergj Fishta, Lahuta e Malcís, canto 28, lines 65–68:

     Mashi, rát si kishte kanë
     mbí lkurë viçi, â çue mejhera,
     e vû krahve 'i gozhup t' randë,
     jashtë ká dalë trimi ke dera

     Mashi, as he had lain down
     on a calf's hide, rose up at once,
     and put on his shoulders his heavy sheepskin coat,
     the brave man went out to the door

2. leather or twill cotton-padded jacket

   Synonym: pambukore

3. (dialectal) fur, hide

   Synonym: gëzof

4. (dialectal) maize/corn husk

   Synonyms: gëzholle, lëvozhgë, llapushë, bishtajë

Declension

Declension of gozhup

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gozhup	gozhupi	gozhupa	gozhupat
accusative		gozhupin
dative	gozhupi	gozhupit	gozhupave	gozhupave
ablative			gozhupash

References

• “gozhúp,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 567a
• Topalli, K. (2017) “gozhup”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 562
• Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “gozhup”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎^[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 90a
• Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кожух”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 520
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gozhup”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 131b
• Jungg, G. (1895) “kaɛcup”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 55a