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Albanian
Etymology
Orel suggests from older nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, thought to be from South Slavic *nepŭrtŭkŭ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup, yellowgold”)).[1] Some considered to be native,[2][3] while Matasović considered it a term borrowed from some Balkan substratum language.[4]
Noun
nepërkë f (plural nepërka, definite nepërka, definite plural nepërkat)
- adder, viper
- sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
- (figurative) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person
Declension
Hyponyms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nepërkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
- ^ Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen, Aarhus University Press, 1992, page 144
- ^ Eqrem Cabej, Gjuha jonë, Akdemia, 1988, page. 28
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2024). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 46
Further reading
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
- “nepërkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, L. (1999) “nepërkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary