zgrip

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed formation based on Proto-Albanian *gripa, cognate to Old High German krapfo (“hook”) and Old Norse krappr (“narrow”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), from *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”), same root as grep (“hook”).

Noun

zgrip m (plural zgripe, definite zgripi, definite plural zgripet)

  1. side, edge, rim

Declension

Declension of zgrip
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative zgrip zgripi zgripe zgripet
accusative zgripin
dative zgripi zgripit zgripeve zgripeve
ablative zgripesh

Derived terms

  • zgriptë

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zgrip”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 523

Further reading

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