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repë

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See also: repe

Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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

  1. desert
    Synonyms: shkretëtirë, tytë

Declension

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References

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