zgrip

Albanian

Etymology

A prefixed formation based on Proto-Albanian *gripa, cognate to Old High German krapfo (“hook”) and Old Norse krappr (“narrow”). Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), from *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”), same root as grep (“hook”).

Noun

zgrip m (plural zgripe, definite zgripi, definite plural zgripet)

1. side, edge, rim

Declension

Declension of zgrip

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	zgrip	zgripi	zgripe	zgripet
accusative		zgripin
dative	zgripi	zgripit	zgripeve	zgripeve
ablative			zgripesh

Related terms

• shkrep

Further reading

• “zgrip”, 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
• Newmark, L. (1999) “zgrip”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary