spicë
Albanian
editEtymology
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editspicë f (plural spíca, definite spíca, definite plural spícat)
- shavings, splinter, chip (of wood)
- (in the plural) kindling
- (chiefly in the plural, figurative) to confuse/incite, to intrigue
- spoke (of wheel)
- Synonym: gishtëz
- (archaic, Gheg) cotter pin, tholepin
- (archaic, southern Gheg, Elbasan) fibre
- (adjective) pointy
- (adverb) fresh, fashionable
Declension
editDeclension of spicë
Derived terms
edit- spicëtar (“intriguer”)
Further reading
edit- “spicë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “spicë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “spicë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 458