nepërkë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- nepërtkë
- nepkër(ë)
Etymology
Orel suggests from older nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, thought to be from South Slavic *nepŭrtŭkŭ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup, yellowgold”)).[1] However, the term is generally considered to be native.[2][3]
Noun
nepërkë f (plural nepërka, definite nepërka, definite plural nepërkat)
- adder, viper
- sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
- (figurative) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person
Hyponyms
- nepërkë uji (“dice snake”) (Natrix tessellata)
- nepërkë e zakonshme (“sand viper”) (Vipera ammodytes)
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nepërkë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 290
- Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen, Aarhus University Press, 1992, page 144
- Eqrem Cabej, Gjuha jonë, Akdemia, 1988, page. 28
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