repë
See also: repe
Albanian
editEtymology
editContinues an umlauticized Proto-Albanian *raupā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear, to break”). Cognate to Old Norse rauf (“pit”), Lithuanian raupiù, raũpti (“to hollow out”).[1] Also possibly an ultimate doublet of rrip.
Noun
editrepë f (plural repa, definite repa, definite plural repat)
- desert
- Synonyms: shkretëtirë, tytë
Declension
editDeclension of repë
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “repë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368