shkrep

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *krep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-p-, *krep- (to crack, crash), an onomatopoeic root. Cognate to Latin crepo (to resound, ring, tone). A formation with the prefix sh-.

Verb

shkrep (aorist shkrepa, participle shkrepur)

  1. to flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind
  2. to pull trigger, shoot (of a weapon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

A singularized plural of shkarp, a sh- prefixed formation from karp, from Proto-Indo-European *kṛHp-.[1]

Noun

shkrep m (plural shkrepa, definite shkrepi, definite plural shkrepat)

  1. rock
Declension

References

  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 363-4
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