kripë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• krypë — Gheg

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *krūpā, from Proto-Indo-European *kroup- (“rough”). Compare Dutch roof (“scabby”), Lithuanian kraupis (“scab”), Serbo-Croatian krúpa (“hail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɹi.pə], [kɹiːp]

Noun

krípë f (definite kripa)

1. salt

Declension

Declension of kripë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kripë	kripa	kripra	kriprat
accusative		kripën
dative	kripe	kripës	kriprave	kriprave
ablative			kriprash

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “kripë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “kripë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]