kaps

See also: Kaps

Albanian

Etymology

From kap (“seize, hold, grab”) +‎ -s (“adverb suffix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kaps]

Adverb

kaps

1. (a human or animal) affected by constipation, unable to empty the bowels (hardened feces)
2. constipated, costive, stuffy

   E bëri kaps.

   It made him/her/it constipated.

3. (figurative, regional) stiff, rigid, hard(ly), dead(ly), petrified

Derived terms

• kapsllëk m, kapsllëku m

Related terms

• kap
  • kapem
  • kapur
  • kapje f, kapja f
  • kapës, kapësi m, kapëse f, kapësja f
  • kapëz f, kapëza f
  • kapshëm
• kapt
  • kaptë f, kapta f
  • kaptoj
  • kaptohet
  • kaptuar
• kapis, kapit; rraskapit
  • kapitem; rraskapitem
  • kapitur; rraskapitur
  • kapitje f, kapitja f; rraskapitje f, rraskapitja f
• kaploj
  • kaplohem
  • kapluar

Further reading

• [1] adverb kaps • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
• [2] adverb kaps • FJALË - Fjalor Shqip (WORD - Albanian Dictionary)

Latvian

Etymology

Balto-Slavic cognates include Latvian kāpa (“dune”), Lithuanian kãpas (“grave”), kopa (“dune”), Proto-Slavic *kopa (“heap, shock”).

Cognate to Proto-Albanian *kapa (Standard Albanian kapth (“(mountain) path”)).

Noun

kaps m (1st declension)

1. grave
2. tomb
3. sepulchre

Declension

Declension of kaps (1st declension)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs)	kaps	kapi
accusative (akuzatīvs)	kapu	kapus
genitive (ģenitīvs)	kapa	kapu
dative (datīvs)	kapam	kapiem
instrumental (instrumentālis)	kapu	kapiem
locative (lokatīvs)	kapā	kapos
vocative (vokatīvs)	kap	kapi