laparos

Albanian

Etymology

From Greek λαπαρός (laparós) (compare Bulgarian лапардосвам (lapardosvam)).[1] Less likely from lapër +‎ -os.[2]

Verb

laparos (first-person singular past tense laparosa, participle laparosur)

  1. to bedraggle
  2. to make dirty

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 212-3
  2. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 233
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