repë

See also: repe

Albanian

Etymology

Continues an umlauticized Proto-Albanian *raupā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear, to break”). Cognate to Old Norse rauf (“pit”), Lithuanian raupiù, raũpti (“to hollow out”).[1] Also possibly an ultimate doublet of rrip.

Noun

repë f (plural repa, definite repa, definite plural repat)

  1. desert
    Synonyms: shkretëtirë, tytë

Declension
Declension of repë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative repë repa repa repat
accusative repën
dative repe repave repës repavet
ablative repash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “repë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368
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