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shkrep

shkrep

Albanian

Verb

shkrep ‎(first-person singular past tense shkrepa, participle shkrepur)

  1. to flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind
Derived terms

Etymology 2

A singularized plural of shkarp, a sh- prefixed formation from karp, from Proto-Indo-European *kṛHp-[1].

Noun

shkrep m (indefinite plural shkrepa, definite singular shkrepi, definite plural shkrepat)

  1. rock
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References

  1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.363-364

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *krep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-p-, *krep- 'to crack, crash', an onomatopoeic root. Cognate to Latin crepo ‎(“to resound, ring, tone”). A formation with the prefix sh-.

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