Wiktionary

krybe

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *krũba, cognate to Greek κρύπτω (krýpto, “to hide”), Lithuanian kráuti (“to pile up”), Proto-Slavic *kryti (“to cover, to hide”).[1]

Noun edit

krybe f (plural krybe, definite krybja, definite plural krybet)

  1. oakum, tow

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krybe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 199

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål krype, Swedish krypa, English creep, Dutch kruipen.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kryːbə/, [ˈkʰʁ̥yːb̥ə] or, (colloquial), IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥yːʊ]

Verb edit

krybe (past tense krøb, past participle krøbet, attributive common krøben, attributive definite or plural krøbne)

  1. to crawl, creep (to move slowly or carefully)
  2. to grovel, cringe (to be humble or fearful in the face of somebody)
  3. to climb (to get up and down on a ladder on a scale)
  4. to shrink (to get smaller)

Conjugation edit

Inflection of krybe
present past
simple kryber krøb
perfect har krøbet havde krøbet
passive krybes —
participle krybende krøbet
imperative kryb —
infinitive krybe —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund kryben —

Derived terms edit

References edit

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