halbë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skalbā, from Proto-Indo-European *skel- 'to split'. Close to Latvian skalbs (sharp, shrill)[1].

Noun

halbë f (indefinite plural hajbe, definite singular halba, definite plural hajbet)

  1. scab on the back

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), halbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 141
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