halbë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skalbā, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to split”). Close to Latvian skalbs (“sharp, shrill”).[1]

Noun

halbë f (plural hajbe, definite halba, definite plural hajbet)

  1. scab on the back

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “halbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141
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