kërp

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier *kanëp (compare also Romanian cânepă), borrowed from Vulgar Latin canapa, from Latin cannabis, derived from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more.[1] Gheg kanp.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kəɾp]

Noun

kërp m (definite kërpi)

  1. (botany) hemp, cannabis, weed
    Komshinjtë tanë mbollën kërp.
    Our neighbors planted hemp.

Declension

Declension of kërp
singular
indefinite definite
nominative kërp kërpi
accusative kërpin
dat./abl. kërpi kërpit

Derived terms

  • kërpishtë
  • kërpore
  • kërpnajë
  • kërpëz
  • kërptë

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kërp”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 753
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
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