zgjebe

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Albanian

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Etymology

From Latin scabiēs.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɟebe/
  • Rhymes: -ebe
  • Hyphenation: zgjé‧be

Noun

zgjebe f (definite zgjebja) (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) scabies, itch, scab
    Synonym: kromë
  2. (medicine) leprosy
    Synonym: leprozë
  3. (veterinary medicine) mange

Declension

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zgjebe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 523

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “zgjeb [] e”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 580