shkrep

Albanian

Etymology 1

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-.

Verb

shkrep (aorist shkrepa, participle shkrepur)

  1. to flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind
  2. to pull trigger, shoot (of a weapon)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

  1. rock
Declension
Declension of shkrep
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shkrep shkrepi shkrepa shkrepat
accusative shkrepin
dative shkrepi shkrepit shkrepave shkrepave
ablative shkrepash

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 363-4

Further reading

  • shkrep”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shkrep”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]