nepërkë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === nepërtkë nepkër(ë) === Etymology === Orel suggests from older nepërtkë, originally ‘hatchling snake’, thought to be from South Slavic *nepŭrtŭkŭ (compare Bulgarian непрътък (neprǎtǎk, “buttercup, yellowgold”)). Some considered to be native, while Matasović considered it a term borrowed from some Balkan substratum language. === Noun === nepërkë f (plural nepërka, definite nepërka, definite plural nepërkat) adder, viper sand viper, nose-horned viper (Vipera ammodytes) (figurative) snake-in-the-grass, crafty and dishonorable person ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== nepërkë uji (“dice snake”) (Natrix tessellata) nepërkë e zakonshme (“sand viper”) (Vipera ammodytes) === References === === Further reading === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980 “nepërkë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006 Newmark, Leonard (1999), “nepërkë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press