shqerr

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • Gheg: shkjerr, shçjerr, shtjerr, shqiri (Northwest Gheg)
  • shqierr (Arbëresh), shkierr (Arvanitic), çjer (South Tosk)

Etymology

From dialectal shkjerr, from Proto-Albanian *skera, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker(H)- (compare English shear, Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, to shear; ravage, destroy), Lithuanian skìrti (to cut, divide)).

Verb

shqerr (aorist shqora, participle shqerrë)

  1. to tear, rip (cloth)
  2. to scratch

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • shqerëz, shqerre
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