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