shlligë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either from a tabooistic description derived from lig,[1] or from *lligë, from Proto-Albanian *sligā, the same Indo-European root of Old Irish selige (“turtle”) and German schleichen (“to crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleyg-, *sleyǵ- (“to glide, smooth, spread”).

Noun[edit]

shlligë f (plural shlliga, definite shlliga, definite plural shlligat)

  1. viper
    Synonyms: rrëshajë, nepërkë

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shlligë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 425
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