halbë
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *skalbā, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- (“to split”). Close to Latvian skalbs (“sharp, shrill”).[1]
Noun[edit]
halbë f (plural hajbe, definite halba, definite plural hajbet)
- scab on the back
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “halbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 141