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ngre

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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First attested in 1555 by Buzuku as ëngre, allowing the dissection of ën- + *gre. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ger- (“to awaken”).[1]

Verb

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ngre (aorist ngrita, participle ngritur) (transitive)

  1. to raise, to elevate, to lift
    Synonyms: lartësoj, çoj
  2. to erect
  3. (figurative) to awaken, wake up
    Skënderbeu ngriti popullin në luftë. ― Skanderbeg woke the people up in the war.
  4. (colloquial) to arouse (to cause to have an erection)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “ngre”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]