repë

See also: repe

Albanian

Etymology

Continues an umlauticized Proto-Albanian *raupā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear, to break”). Cognate to Old Norse rauf (“pit”), Lithuanian raupiù, raũpti (“to hollow out”).[1] Also possibly an ultimate doublet of rrip.

Noun

repë f (plural repa, definite repa, definite plural repat)

  1. desert
    Synonyms: shkretëtirë, tytë

Declension

Declension of repë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative repë repa repa repat
accusative repën
dative repe repës repave repave
ablative repash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “repë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
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