Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Greek λαπαρός (laparós) (compare Bulgarian лапардосвам (lapardosvam)).[1] Less likely from lapër +‎ -os.[2]

Verb edit

laparos (aorist laparosa, participle laparosur)

  1. to bedraggle
  2. to make dirty

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “laparos”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 212-3
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 233