zhdëp

Albanian

Etymology

A voiced variant of an earlier *shtap, from Proto-Albanian *štapa, related to the word for 'stick'. Compare Old English stæf, German Stab, Serbo-Croatian stap (“staff”).

Noun

zhdëp (aorist zhdëpa, participle zhdëpur)

1. to beat up (generally with a stick)

Related terms

• stap
• zdap