krybe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *krũba, cognate to Greek κρύπτω (krýpto, to hide), Lithuanian kráuti (to pile up), Proto-Slavic *kryti (to cover, to hide).[1]

Noun

krybe f (plural krybe, definite krybja, definite plural krybet)

  1. oakum, tow

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “krybe”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 199

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, cognate with Norwegian Bokmål krype, Swedish krypa, English creep, Dutch kruipen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kryːbə/, [ˈkʰʁ̥yːb̥ə] or, (colloquial), IPA(key): [ˈkʰʁ̥yːʊ]

Verb

krybe (past tense krøb, past participle krøbet, attributive common krøben, attributive definite or plural krøbne)

  1. to crawl, creep (to move slowly or carefully)
  2. to grovel, cringe (to be humble or fearful in the face of somebody)
  3. to climb (to get up and down on a ladder on a scale)
  4. to shrink (to get smaller)

Conjugation

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References

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