qytë

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Together with qyrë, derived from an unattested verb *qyej (to blunt), from Proto-Albanian *kēnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (to scratch, to cut).[1]

Noun[edit]

qytë f (plural qyta, definite qyta, definite plural qytat)

  1. blunt end (of an axhead)
  2. butt (of a rifle), gun stock

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “qytë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 364