kacafyt

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From kaca- +‎ fyt (“throat”).[1][2]

Verb

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kacafyt (aorist kacafyta, participle kacafytur) (transitive)

  1. to grab by one's throat; to choke
    Synonym: mbyt
  2. (figurative) to suppress, overcome
    Synonym: mbyt
  3. (mediopassive) See kacafytem.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 6

Further reading

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  • “kacafyt”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “kacafyt”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
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