scaba

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scaba

/skaˈba/

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Might be a deverbal from Albanian shqipe, shkype, modern forms of the old term Albanian shkabë (“eagle”); which derived from Proto-Albanian *iš-gabā, from Proto-Indo-European *kobuǵos. A cognate to English hawk, Latin capys (“bird of prey”) and Russian ко́бец (kóbec, “falcon”).

noun scabale · scaba · scabaua · scabalele

feminine, regional white-tailed eagle, sea eagle
Similar: codalb

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@misc{scaba_2026,
  title = {scaba},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/scaba},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}