shtrap

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *strapa, cognate to Middle High German straf (“tight”), Lithuanian parstrapìnti (“to drag oneself back”).[1]

Noun

shtrap m (plural shtrape, definite shtrapi, definite plural shtrapet)

  1. scum, pond scum
  2. spiderweb, cobweb

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • shtrapër
  • shtrapëzohem
  • shtrapëzuar
  • shtrapnon, shtrapnjen

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtrap”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 441
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