rrepë

Albanian

Etymology

A term with multiple plausible etymologies. Either from Latin rāpum (“turnip”), Ancient Greek ῥάπυς (rhápus, “turnip”), or Proto-Slavic *rěpa (“turnip, beet”), or natively from Proto-Indo-European *(s)rā́ps. First attested as rrap, producing the contemporary form through plural metaphony[1] and the Arberësh form rrapë. Due to the variant between e and a between standard and archaic, it supports a non-slavic origin.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /rɛpə/, /ˈrɛp/
  • Hyphenation: rre‧pë, rrepë

Noun

rrepë f (plural rrepa, definite rrepa, definite plural rrepat)

  1. turnip
  2. beet
    Synonym: panxhar

Declension
Declension of rrepë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative rrepë rrepa rrepa rrepat
accusative rrepën
dative rrepe rrepave rrepës rrepavet
ablative rrepash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrepë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 1266
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