Albanian

Alternative forms

• nepërtkë, nepkër(ë)

Noun

nepërkë f (indefinite plural nepërka, definite singular nepërka)

1. adder, viper
2. sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
3. (figuratively) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person

Hyponyms

• nepërkë uji ‘dice snake’ (Natrix tessellata)
• nepërkë e zakonshme ‘sand viper’ (Vipera ammodytes)

References

1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 290.