Alternative forms

• ajsonj
• (Old Tosk, very rare) najsonj

Etymology

A derivative of kafshë + -oj. Alternatively (according to Meyer-Lübke) borrowed through Vulgar LatinCategory:Albanian terms borrowed from Vulgar Latin#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian terms derived from Vulgar Latin#KAFSOJ from Late LatinCategory:Albanian terms borrowed from Late Latin#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian terms derived from Late Latin#KAFSOJ captiō, from LatinCategory:Albanian terms derived from Latin#KAFSOJ captō. Other Latin proposals include Late LatinCategory:Albanian terms borrowed from Late Latin#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian terms derived from Late Latin#KAFSOJ capsāre (Meyer) and most recently Late LatinCategory:Albanian terms borrowed from Late Latin#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian terms derived from Late Latin#KAFSOJ capissere by Oryol.^[1] Given the two forms, dialectal ajsonj and Old Tosk najsonj, the older form of this word could have been *knavshonj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kafˈʃɔj/Category:Albanian 2-syllable words#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation#KAFSOJ

Verb

kafshoj (aorist kafshova, participle kafshuar)Category:Albanian lemmas#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian verbs#KAFSOJCategory:Albanian entries with incorrect language header#KAFSOJCategory:Pages with entries#KAFSHOJCategory:Pages with 1 entry#KAFSHOJ

1. (transitiveCategory:Albanian transitive verbs#KAFSOJ) to bite

References

Further reading

• “kafshoj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “kafshoj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎