shkurre

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Albanian

Etymology

Phonetic variant of shkorre (cf. shkorret).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃkurə/
  • Rhymes: -urə
  • Hyphenation: shku‧rrë

Noun

shkurre f (plural shkúrre, definite shkúrrja, definite plural shkúrret)

  1. bush, shrub, undergrowth, thicket, brushwood
    Synonym: kaçubë
  2. scrubland, underbush
    Synonyms: imshtë, shkorret, shkurrishtë, shkurrajë, shkurrnajë

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkurre”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 425

Further reading

  • “shkurre”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • shkurre”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shkurre”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 486