nepërkë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Orel suggests from older nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, thought to be from South Slavic *nepŭrtŭkŭ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup, yellowgold”)).^[1] However, the term is generally considered to be native.^[2]^[3]

Noun

nepërkë f (plural nepërka, definite nepërka, definite plural nepërkat)

adder, viper
sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
(figurative) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person

Hyponyms

nepërkë uji (“dice snake”) (Natrix tessellata)
nepërkë e zakonshme (“sand viper”) (Vipera ammodytes)

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nepërkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen, Aarhus University Press, 1992, page 144
^ Eqrem Cabej, Gjuha jonë, Akdemia, 1988, page. 28

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nepërkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290

[2] Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen, Aarhus University Press, 1992, page 144

[3] Eqrem Cabej, Gjuha jonë, Akdemia, 1988, page. 28

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