cjap

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • cap, sqap, cqap

Etymology

From Scythian *čapi (compare Ossetian цӕу (cæw)), from Turkic *čepiš (half-yearling kid) (whence Persian چپش (čapiš, yearling kid), Azeri çəpiş). Lent Romanian țap. Doublet of sqap, with initial s- identical to Germanic (see sheep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sjap/
  • Hyphenation: cjap

Noun

cjap m (indefinite plural cjape, definite singular cjapi, definite plural cjapet)

  1. he-goat, billy goat

Declension

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