cucë

Albanian

Etymology

An onomatopoeia formation, also found in Slavic languages and in Hungarian csucsa (“loved one”).[1]

Noun

cucë f (plural cuca, definite cuca, definite plural cucat)

  1. girl, maiden
  2. breast, teat

Declension
Declension of cucë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative cucë cuca cuca cucat
accusative cucën
dative cuce cucave cucës cucavet
ablative cucash

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • cucëll, cucëni

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 48
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