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Albanian
- glep (South Tosk, Arbëreshë, Arvantic)
Etymology
Variant of dialectal glep, from Proto-Albanian *glēpa, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥H-bʰo-, derivative of *gʷelH- (“to prick, stick”) (compare Lithuanian geluonìs (“sting”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).[1]
Noun
gjep m (plural gjepa, definite gjepi, definite plural gjepat)
- spool, bobbin
- nozzle, narrow spout at the end of a millrace
- pitcher with narrow neck and spout
- Synonym: ibrik
Declension
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References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187