nepërkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • nepërtkë
  • nepkër(ë)

Etymology

Orel suggests from older nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, thought to be from South Slavic *nepŭrtŭkŭ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup, yellowgold”)).[1] Some considered to be native,[2][3] while Matasović considered it a term borrowed from some Balkan substratum language.[4]

Noun

nepërkë f (plural nepërka, definite nepërka, definite plural nepërkat)

  1. adder, viper
  2. sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
  3. (figurative) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person

Declension

Declension of nepërkë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nepërkë nepërka nepërka nepërkat
accusative nepërkën
dative nepërke nepërkës nepërkave nepërkave
ablative nepërkash

Hyponyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nepërkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
  2. ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen, Aarhus University Press, 1992, page 144
  3. ^ Eqrem Cabej, Gjuha jonë, Akdemia, 1988, page. 28
  4. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2024). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 46

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “nepërkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “nepërkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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