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shkurtabiq

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From i shkurtër (“short”). For -abiq compare tartabiq (“bedbug”).

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Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

shkurtabiq (feminine shkurtabiqe)

  1. (derogatory) very short, dwarfish, stunted
    Synonyms: xhuxh, xhuxhmaxhuxh, lëmshuk, i shkurtër

Noun edit

shkurtabiq m (plural shkurtabiqë); feminine equivalent shkurtabiqe

  1. (derogatory) midget, dwarf
    Synonyms: xhuxh, xhuxhmaxhuxh, lëmshuk

References edit

  • “shkurtabiq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1878a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shkurt-abik”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 486
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