përmbys

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *per-ambi-uptja related to përmbi and ultimately to mbys. The second element *uptja is cognate with Greek ὑπὸ (hupò, under), Sanskrit उप (úpa, towards, near to) and Gothic uf (under).[1]

Verb

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përmbys (aorist përmbyta, participle përmbysur)

  1. to flood, to make sink (boat)'
  2. to overthrow
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 320-321