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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *awa-rapa, derivative of *repa (“to strip off, tear off”) (modern rrjep). For sense development, compare Ancient Greek ἔδρᾱν (édrān, “ran away”), from δέρω (dérō, “skin, flay”).[1] More at rrjep. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *werb- (“to turn, wind”). Compare Ancient Greek ῥάπτω (rháptō), Latin repens (“sudden”), Czech vráp (“wrinkle”), Lithuanian verpiù (“to spin”), Middle English wrappen (“to wind”).[2]
Noun
vrap m (plural vrape, definite vrapi, definite plural vrapet)
- running, race
- Synonym: vrapim
Declension
Derived terms
Verb
vrap (aorist vrapa)
- to run
- to hasten, race
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “514-5”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
- ^ “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke