krifë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Back-formation from variant krife (plural tantum), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *kripsijā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱripes- (“headhair”) (compare Latin crinis (“mane”)).[1] More at krip.

Noun

krifë f (plural krifa, definite krifa)

  1. mane
  2. crest (of a helmet)
    Synonym: fjuhull
  3. pile or sheaf of cornstalks left in the field during harvest

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References

  1. ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 251.
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