shkruaj
Albanian
Etymology
- From sh- + kruaj (“to scratch'”) q.v.; for sense development, compare English write from Old English wrītan (“to incise, engrave”). The noun form shkrim was probably influenced by Latin scrībō (“write”).
- From earlier shkruon (“he/she writes”), from Proto-Albanian *śkrɔ̄n < *śkrə.on < *śkriwɔnit, from Vulgar Latin *skrīβō, from Latin scrībō.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
shkruaj (aorist shkrova, participle shkruar)
- I write
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References
- ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 192.