halbë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *skalbā, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to split”). Close to Latvian skalbs (“sharp, shrill”).[1]
Noun edit
halbë f (plural hajbe, definite halba, definite plural hajbet)
- scab on the back
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “halbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141