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Albanian
Etymology
From Latin scabiēs.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈzɟebe/
- Rhymes: -ebe
- Hyphenation: zgjé‧be
Noun
zgjebe f (definite zgjebja) (uncountable)
- (medicine) scabies, itch, scab
- Synonym: kromë
- (medicine) leprosy
- Synonym: leprozë
- (veterinary medicine) mange
Declension
References
Further reading
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “zgjeb […] e”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 580