rriqër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rriqën — Gheg

Etymology

From Latin ricinus.

Noun

rriqër f (plural rríqra, definite rríqra, definite plural rríqrat)

1. tick

   Synonym: këpushë

Hyponyms

• rriqër djathi (“flour mite”) (Acarus siro)

Further reading

• “rriqër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “rriqër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rriqën”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 439