tërpi

Albanian

Etymology

Based on an unattested *tërpis (“to suffer, ensure, bear”), from Proto-Slavic *tьrpěti. Cognate to Serbo-Croatian tŕpeti, Bulgarian търпя (tǎrpja).[1]

Noun

tërpi f (definite singular tërpia)

  1. tuberculosis
    Synonyms: tuberkuloz, ndishk

Declension
Declension of tërpi
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative tërpi tërpi tërpia tërpitë
accusative tërpinë
dative tërpie tërpive tërpisë tërpive
ablative tërpish

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 455
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