nepërkë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- nepërtkë, nepkër(ë)
Etymology
From older nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, from South Slavic *nepŭrtŭkŭ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup, yellowgold”)).[1]
Noun
nepërkë f (indefinite plural nepërka, definite singular nepërka)
- adder, viper
- sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes)
- (figuratively) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person
Hyponyms
- nepërkë uji ‘dice snake’ (Natrix tessellata)
- nepërkë e zakonshme ‘sand viper’ (Vipera ammodytes)
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 290.
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