dhelpër

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From an earlier *velpër via /v/ > /ð/ backing, from *velpën, from Proto-Albanian *welpinā, diminutive of Proto-Indo-European *h₂u̯l(o)p ~ *h₂ulp ((red) fox) (compare Italian volpe, Lithuanian lãpė, Greek αλεπού (alepoú), Armenian աղվես (aġves)).[1] Compare dhespër for the same phonetic phenomenon.

Noun

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dhelpër f (plural dhelpra, definite dhelpra, definite plural dhelprat)

  1. fox
    Synonym: skile

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhelpër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 81