shkop

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (plurals):
  • shkopinj, shkopa
  • shkopîj, shkopî — Gheg
  • shqep, shqepë, shqepinj — dialectal
  • shkopin — Borgo Erizzo

Etymology

Akin to Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos, “branch”) and Latin scāpus (“shaft, stem”). A common inheritance is unlikely as initial *sk- generally yields h-, so it must be either a borrowing from Doric or, in view of the -ā- > -o- shift, an early borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃkop/
• Rhymes: -op

Noun

shkop m (plural shkopinj, definite shkopi, definite plural shkopinjtë)

1. stick, pole, staff, rod, baton

   Synonyms: stap, zdap, drang

   shkop stafete ― relay baton

   shkop gome ― truncheon (literally, “rubber baton”)

   1. sceptre

      Synonym: skeptër

   2. billiard cue

      Synonym: stekë

   3. violin bow

      Synonym: hark

   4. walking cane

      Synonym: bastun

2. pin connecting the ploughshare to the handle
3. (colloquial, figurative)
   1. blow (especially if with a stick)

      Synonym: goditje

   2. great reproach, rebuke

      Synonym: qortim

   3. coercion, forceful obligation, violence

      Synonyms: detyrim, dhunë

   4. threat

      Synonym: kërcënim

4. (in the plural) chopsticks (eating utensil)
5. (colloquial, derogatory) idiot, boor

   Synonyms: hu, budalla

6. rail, fishplate

   Synonym: hekurudhë

7. (dialectal) lath

Derived terms

• skopkuqe
• shkop e cingël
• shkopit
• shqep

 

References

• “shkop,~i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1864ab
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σκήπτομαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1350
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkop”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 421
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shkop”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 483a
• Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “škopin”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 254
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “shkop-i”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 160
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “shkop-i”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 82a
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σ̈κόπ-ι”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 398
• Jungg, G. (1895) “sckop”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 130b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “škop”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 408
• Rossi, F. (1875) “sckòp”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1175b
• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian):
  • page 8: “baculus — scop”
  • page 143: “sceptrum — scop i regit, oò i perandorit”
  • page 181: “verber — scop, ξupre, mhscicheie”