shqymb
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Albanian *skūmba. Cognate to Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*skiuban, “cast, shove”) and 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban, “cast away, shove off”) (cf. English shove, German schieben), Lithuanian skumbù and skùbti (“to hurry up”), Proto-Slavic *skuti (cf. Bulgarian ску́бя (skúbja, “to pluck, tear”), Macedonian скубе (skube)),[1] hence also Persian آشفتن (âšoftan, “to agitate”) and Sanskrit क्षुभ्यति (kṣubhyati, “to shake, be agitated”). From the indo-european root *(s)kewbʰ-.
See standard shqim.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): [ʃkʲimb] (Old Albanian, Arbëreshë, Arvanitic)
- IPA(key): [ʃkym] (Gheg)
- IPA(key): [ʃc͡ɕim], [ʃcim] (Standard)
Verb[edit]
shqymb (aorist shqymba, participle shqymbur) (Old Albanian)
shqymb (aorist shkyma, participle shkym(un)) (Gheg)
shqymb (aorist shqima, participle shqimur) (Standard)
- to extinguish, destroy
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
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]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqymb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 435