shqim

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Loss of /b/ in Standard Albanian shqim and Gheg Albanian shkym.

From Old Albanian shqymb, from Proto-Albanian *skūmba. Cognate to Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*skiuban, “cast, shove”) and 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban, “cast away, shove off”), Lithuanian skumbù and skùbti (“to hurry up”) and Proto-Slavic *skuti.[1]

See shqymb for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ʃc͡ɕim], [ʃcim] (Standard)
  • IPA(key): [ʃkym] (Gheg)
  • IPA(key): [ʃkʲimb] (Old Albanian, Arbëreshë, Arvanitic)

Verb[edit]

shqim (aorist shqima, participle shqimur)

  1. (transitive) to turn off, switch off, deactivate
    Tom, shqime dritën.
    Tom, turn off the light(s).
  2. (figurative) to extinguish, destroy, exterminate, wipe out
    E shqimën një fis.
    They wiped out a tribe.

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Adverb[edit]

shqim

  1. all, fully, totally, entirely, completely

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Noun[edit]

shqim m (definite shqimi)

  1. (transaction according to verb)

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Further reading[edit]

  • [1] active verb shqim (turn off, destroy, wipe out, extinguish, etc.) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [2] mediopassive verb shqímem • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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