Albanian

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Etymology

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From kap (I grab, catch, grip) +‎ -th (diminutive suffix); the former from Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p-. Cognate with Lithuanian kāpas (grave), kopà (dune), Latvian kãpa (dune).[1]

Noun

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kapth m (plural kapthe, definite kapthi, definite plural kapthet)

  1. (mountain) path, mule track

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kapth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 170