kërriç

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From kërr, with the Slavic diminutive suffix -iç.[1]

Noun[edit]

kërriç m (plural kërriça, definite kërriçi); feminine equivalent kërriçe

  1. young donkey, donkey foal
    Synonym: kërr
  2. (figurative) gullible, unexperienced young man

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërr”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 183

Further reading[edit]

  • “kërriç”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “kërriç”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
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