rrepë

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

A term with multiple plausible etymologies. Either from Latin rāpum (“turnip”), Ancient Greek ῥάπυς (rhápus, “turnip”), or Proto-Slavic *rěpa (“turnip, beet”), or natively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps. First attested as rrap, producing the contemporary form through plural metaphony^[1] and the Arberësh form rrapë. Due to the variant between e and a between standard and archaic, it supports a non-slavic origin.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /rɛpə/, /ˈrɛp/
Hyphenation: rre‧pë (or) rrepë

Noun edit

rrepë f (plural rrepa, definite rrepa, definite plural rrepat)

turnip
beet
Synonym: panxhar

Declension edit

Declension of rrepë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	rrepë	rrepa	rrepa	rrepat
accusative	rrepë	rrepa	rrepën	rrepat
dative	rrepe	rrepave	rrepës	rrepavet
ablative	rrepe	rrepash	rrepës	rrepavet

References edit

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrepë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1266

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrepë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1266

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