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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From shkretë (“poor, abandoned”) + -tirë.
Noun
shkretëtirë f (plural shkretëtira, definite shkretëtira, definite plural shkretëtirat)
- desert
- Synonyms: tytë, repë
- shkretëtirë akulli ― polar desert
- distant, unhabited place; wilderness
- Synonym: humbësirë
Declension
Declension of shkretëtirë
Derived terms
References
- “shkretëtír/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1868f.
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “shkret-ë […] -tirë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 484a
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σ̈κρετῑ-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 400
- Meyer, G. (1891) “škretɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 409