kërpudhë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • këpurdhë, këputhër, kapurdhë, këlpurdhë

Etymology

Metathesis of variant këpurdhë, from Proto-Albanian *kapur, from Proto-Indo-European *kep- (compare Lithuanian kepùrė (“cap”), Latvian cȩpure (“id”), Serbo-Croatian čèpac (“bonnet”)).[1]

Noun

kërpudhë f (plural kërpudha, definite kërpudha, definite plural kërpudhat)

  1. (mycology) mushroom
  2. pileus
  3. (medicine) fungal infection

Declension
Declension of kërpudhë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kërpudhë kërpudha kërpudha kërpudhat
accusative kërpudhën
dative kërpudhe kërpudhave kërpudhës kërpudhavet
ablative kërpudhash

Derived terms
  • kërpudhor
  • shkëpurdh

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