çifut
Albanian
Alternative forms
- çëfut, çfut — dialectal. [1]
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish چفوت (çıfut). [2][3][4][5][6]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈfut/
- Rhymes: -ut
Noun
çifut m (plural çifutë or (Gheg) çifutën)
- Jew
- Synonym: hebre
- (derogatory) stingy person, miser, kike
- Synonym: dorështrënguar
- (derogatory, archaic) coward
- Synonym: frikacak
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | çifut | çifuti | çifutë | çifutët |
| accusative | çifutin | |||
| dative | çifuti | çifutit | çifutëve | çifutëve |
| ablative | çifutësh | |||
Adjective
çifut (feminine çifute)
Derived terms
- çifutëri
- çifutërisht
- çifutkë
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin). Page 17, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “tšifút”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 447
- ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “çifut”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 115
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “çifut”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 339
- ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “çifut”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 112
- ^ Redhouse's Turkish dictionary : in two parts, English and Turkish, and Turkish and English. Page 527.
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980, page 259
- Mann, S. E. (1948), “çifut”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 59b
- Jungg, G. (1895), “cfut”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 17