repë

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See also: repe

Albanian

Etymology

Continues an umlauticized Proto-Albanian *raupā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp- (“to tear, to break”). Cognate to Old Norse rauf (“pit”), Lithuanian raupiù, raũpti (“to hollow out”).^[1] Also possibly an ultimate doublet of rrip.

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Noun

repë f (plural repa, definite repa, definite plural repat)

desert
Synonyms: shkretëtirë, tytë

Declension

Declension of repë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	repë	repa	repa	repat
accusative	repë	repën	repa	repat
dative	repeje	repës	repave	repave
ablative	repeje	repës	repash	repave

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “repë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “repë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 368

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