Wiktionary

kacadre

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From kaca- +‎ dre (“deer”).[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

kacadre m (plural kacadrenj, definite kacadreri)

  1. stag beetle (Lucanus cervus)
    Synonym: buall
  2. (archaic) locust, grasshopper
    Synonym: karkalec
    • 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, scala 3, discorso 10, page 137, lines 19–21:
      […] pèr catter poξξè damesc, chi goditnè ndè fuscat, è janè Krȣmbatè, Kazadrenjtè, Veemetè, e Njeguλa.
      [[…] për katër pothe damesh, qi goditnë ndë fushat, e janë krymbatë, kacadrenjtë, vēmetë, e niegulla.]
      […] by four manners of damages that strike in the fields, which are the worms, the locusts, the caterpillars, and the fog.

References edit

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kacadre”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 679–680
  2. ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 6

Further reading edit

  • “kacadré,~ri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 754b
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