gërthapë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gëthapë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ga-tsap-. Related to thep.[1]

Noun

gërthapë f (plural gërthapë, definite gërthapa, definite plural gërthapët)

  1. garden scissors; claw, nipper (of a scorpion)

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gërthapë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 116
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