rripë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rrypë — dialectal
• rip, rrip m — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rīpa (“bank, shore”). Compare Romanian râpă, Aromanian arãpã (“ravine, precipice”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈripə/
• Rhymes: -ipə

Noun

rripë f (plural rripa, definite rripa, definite plural rripat) (originally Tosk)

1. steep slope, precipice, ravine

Usage notes

• Originally Tosk, whereas the related rrëpinë was used in Gheg.

Derived terms

• rripa-rripa
• rripaqe
• rripëçirë
• rripësirë
• rripjetë
• rriponjë
• rripor

 

Related terms

• rrëpirë

 

Adjective

rripë

1. very steep

   Synonym: i pjerrët

References

• “rríp/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1704b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rripë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 439b
• Leotti, Angelo (1916) “rrëpín-a”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 151
• Weigand, Gustav (1914) “rrëpín-a […] rrip-a”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 75b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “ρρε̯πίνε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 358
• Meyer, G. (1891) “rip”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 367
• Rossi, F. (1875) “ripp”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1094b
• Miklosich, Franz (1871) “706. ripa”, in Albanische Forschungen II. Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (in German), Vienna: Karl Gerold’s Sohn, page 55
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rripë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 386f.