Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From kërr, with the Slavic diminutive suffix -iç.[1]

Noun edit

kërriç m (plural kërriça, definite kërriçi); feminine equivalent kërriçe

  1. young donkey, donkey foal
    Synonym: kërr
  2. (figurative) gullible, unexperienced young man

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 183

Further reading edit

  • kërriç”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “kërriç”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980