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ngjaj

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *en-ga-lab-nja, a denominative verb based on *lab. Cognate to Lithuanian lãbas (“good”), Latvian labs (“id”).[1]

Verb

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ngjaj (aorist ngjajta, participle ngjarë)

  1. to resemble, be alike
  2. to suit; to become;
  3. to seem
  4. to happen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2000), A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 83

Further reading

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  • “ngjaj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “ngjaj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press
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