tërpi

Albanian

Etymology

Based on an unattested *tërpis (“to suffer, ensure, bear”), from Proto-Slavic *tьrpěti. Cognate to Serbo-Croatian tŕpeti, Bulgarian търпя (tǎrpja).[1]

Noun

tërpi f (definite tërpia)

  1. tuberculosis
    Synonyms: tuberkuloz, ndishk

Declension

Declension of tërpi
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tërpi tërpia tërpi tërpitë
accusative tërpinë
dative tërpie tërpisë tërpive tërpive
ablative tërpish

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tërpi”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
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