kabisht

Albanian

Etymology

Either a formation in -sht, from an unattested *kap, from Proto-Albanian *kaba (cf. Lithuanian kabeti (“to hang”), kabà (“crooked tree”)),^[1] or a ka- prefixed form of bisht.

Noun

kabisht m (plural kabishte, definite kabishti, definite plural kabishtet)

earwig

Declension

Declension of kabisht

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kabisht	kabishti	kabishte	kabishtet
accusative	kabisht	kabishtin	kabishte	kabishtet
dative	kabishti	kabishtit	kabishteve	kabishteve
ablative	kabishti	kabishtit	kabishtesh	kabishteve

Related terms

bisht

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kabisht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kabisht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 160

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