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zgrip

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Albanian

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Etymology

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A prefixed formation based on Proto-Albanian *gripa, cognate to Old High German krapfo (“hook”) and Old Norse krappr (“narrow”).[1] Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *grep- (“hook”), from *gremb- (“crooked, uneven”), from *ger- (“to turn, bend, twist”), same root as grep (“hook”).

Noun

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

  1. side, edge, rim
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zgrip”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 523
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