qytë

Albanian

Etymology

Together with qyrë, derived from an unattested verb *qyej (“to blunt”), from Proto-Albanian *kēnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to scratch, to cut”).[1]

Noun

qytë f (plural qyta, definite qyta, definite plural qytat)

  1. blunt end (of an axhead)
  2. butt (of a rifle), gun stock

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qytë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364
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