lapërdhi

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to smear, stick”). Cognate to Ancient Greek λίπος (lípos, “fat”), Latin lippus (“blear eyed”), Lithuanian limpù (“to stick, glue”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠lip⁠/, “to smear”), Old High German biliban (“to stay, remain”).

Noun

lapërdhí f

1. vulgar word, bad behaviour, vulgarity, obscenity, profanity

Declension

Declension of lapërdhi

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	lapërdhi	lapërdhia	lapërdhi	lapërdhitë
accusative		lapërdhinë
dative	lapërdhie	lapërdhisë	lapërdhive	lapërdhive
ablative			lapërdhish

Related terms

• laparos
• gëlep

Further reading

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