përdëllej
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- përdëlej — earlier
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from ndjej, ndëlej (“to forgive”), by replacing the suffix with për-.[1][2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
përdëllej (aorist përdëlleva, participle përdëllyer) (transitive)
- to pity
- Synonym: mëshiroj
- to console, comfort
- Synonym: ngushëlloj
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ndɛľéń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 299
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “përdëlej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
Further reading[edit]
- “përdëll/ej”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1425a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “përdëll-ej”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 366b