rrepë

See also: rrepe

Albanian

Etymology

A term with multiple plausible etymologies. Either from Latin rāpum (“turnip”), Ancient Greek ῥάπυς (rhápus, “turnip”), or Proto-Slavic *rěpa (“turnip, beet”), or natively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps. First attested as rrap, producing the contemporary form through plural metaphony[1] and the Arberësh form rrapë. Due to the variant between e and a between standard and archaic, it supports a non-slavic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rɛpə/, /ˈrɛp/
  • Hyphenation: rre‧pë, rrepë

Noun

rrepë f (plural rrepa, definite rrepa, definite plural rrepat)

  1. turnip
  2. beet
    Synonym: panxhar

Declension

Declension of rrepë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative rrepë rrepa rrepa rrepat
accusative rrepën
dative rrepe rrepës rrepave rrepave
ablative rrepash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrepë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1266

Further reading

  • “rrepë”, 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
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