shkrep

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *krep-, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-p-, *krep- (“to crack, crash”), an onomatopoeic root. Cognate to Latin crepo (“to resound, ring, tone”). A formation with the prefix sh-.

Verb

shkrep (aorist shkrepa, participle shkrepur)

  1. to flash, tone, to strike (till sparks fly off), an idea comes to one’s mind
  2. to pull trigger, shoot (of a weapon)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

A singularized plural of shkarp, a sh- prefixed formation from karp, from Proto-Indo-European *kṛHp-.[1]

Noun

shkrep m (plural shkrepa, definite shkrepi, definite plural shkrepat)

  1. rock
Declension
Declension of shkrep
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative shkrep shkrepa shkrepi shkrepat
accusative shkrepin
dative shkrepi shkrepave shkrepit shkrepavet
ablative shkrepash

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 363-4
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