shipuc

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Corrupted version of shqip (“albanian”); leaving out the q-sound like in south-slavic derogatory term Šiptar (which was borrwoed from Albanian shqiptar and entered Serbo-Croatian as Šćìpetār, now an archaic form. The archaic ć-sound doesn't occur in term Šiptar, thus perceived as derogative by Albanians)[1] + -uc (diminutive suffix).

Noun

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shipuc m

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) Albanophobe (A Gheg term. Literal meaning "little Albanian" and directed at an Albanian that allegedly dislikes his Albanian compatriots.)
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References

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  1. ^ [1] derogatory Šiptar (archaic and non-derogatory form: Šćìpetār) in Hrvatski jezični portal (Croatian language portal)
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