repë
See also: repe
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Continues 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
[edit]repë f (plural repa, definite repa, definite plural repat)
- desert
- Synonyms: shkretëtirë, tytë
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | repë | repa | repa | repat |
| accusative | repën | |||
| dative | repeje | repës | repave | repave |
| ablative | repash | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “repë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368