-orr

Albanian

Etymology

From -or suffix further enforced with an expressive gemination.[1]

Suffix

-orr m (feminine singular -orre, masculine plural -orrë, feminine plural -orre)

  1. forms agent nouns
    cap (“billy goat”) +‎ -orr → caporr (“yearling, he-goat up to 2 years old”)

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cakorre”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 6

Middle English

Suffix

-orr

  1. alternative form of -our
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