dergj

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Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *dargei-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dherHg(h)-. Cognate to Lithuanian dìrgti (“to feel faint, faint”), Proto-Slavic *dьrgati (“to pluck, to pull”), and Proto-Germanic *targjan (“to tear”). Present dergjem with umlaut of the root vowel, as usual in the Albanian non-active paradigm.[1]

Verb

dergj (aorist dergja, participle dergjurë)

  1. to be bedridden, (be lying) ill, pine (away)

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 131
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