See also: Korr

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *kāra, from earlier *kasra, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (compare Lithuanian kàsti (to dig, scrape), Serbo-Croatian kòsa (scythe)).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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korr (aorist korra, participle korrur) (transitive)

  1. to harvest, reap
    Mbjell me lot, korr me gëzim.Sow with tears, reap with joy.
  2. (figurative) to kill en masse, to annihilate, to exterminate
    Synonym: shfaros
  3. (also figurative) to win (money), to secure victory, to achieve

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “korr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 191

Further reading

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  • “korr”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • korr”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “korr”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 210

Icelandic

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Etymology

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Back-formation from korra (to rattle from the throat).

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Noun

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korr n (genitive singular korrs, no plural)

  1. rattle, rattling
  2. sounds of suffocation coming from the throat

Declension

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    Declension of korr
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative korr korrið
accusative korr korrið
dative korri korrinu
genitive korrs korrsins

Romani

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit क्रोड (kroḍa, breast, bosom).[1][2]

Noun

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korr f (nominative plural korrǎ)

  1. neck[1][2][3]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “krōḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 187
  2. 2.0 2.1 Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) “koř”, in Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 148b
  3. ^ Marcel Courthiade (2009) “i/e korr, -ǎ- ʒ. -ǎ, -ěn-”, in Melinda Rézműves, editor, Morri angluni rromane ćhibǎqi evroputni lavustik = Első rromani nyelvű európai szótáram : cigány, magyar, angol, francia, spanyol, német, ukrán, román, horvát, szlovák, görög [My First European-Romani Dictionary: Romani, Hungarian, English, French, Spanish, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Croatian, Slovak, Greek] (overall work in Hungarian and English), Budapest: Fővárosi Onkormányzat Cigány Ház--Romano Kher, →ISBN, page 203a