qytë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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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

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