kasnec

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic казньць (kaznĭcĭ) ("chamberlain, person in charge of the treasury") a court title of state employees in medieval Bosnia and Serbia.[1][2] Ultimately derived from Proto-Slavic *kaznь, which was inherited into Serbo-Croatian kazna ("punishment, penalty, revelation").

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kasˈnɛt͡s/

Noun

kasnec m (plural kasnecë, definite kasneci, definite plural kasnecët)

  1. herald
  2. (derogatory) propagator

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • kasnecoj
  • kasnecar
  • kasneci

References
  1. Omari, Anila (2012) “kasnec”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 161
  2. Topalli, K. (2017) “kasnec”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 729-730
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