këpucë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kpucë (Gheg)

Etymology

From këputë (“sole”).[1] Other proposals include: 1) Camarda, from Greek παπούτσι (papoútsi). 2) Meyer, from Turkish papuç pabuç, from Ottoman Turkish پاپوش (papush), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš), although these are less probable as they are reflected already in Albanian papuçë.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈput͡s(ə)/
  • Hyphenation: kë‧pu‧cë, kë‧pucë

Noun

këpucë f (plural këpucë, definite këpuca, definite plural këpucët)

  1. shoe
  2. boot

Declension
Declension of këpucë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative këpucë këpucë këpuca këpucët
accusative këpucën
dative këpuce këpucëve këpucës këpucëvet
ablative këpucësh

Derived terms
  • këpucar

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këpucë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 179
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