zhvesh
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- desh, dvesh, bdesh — archaic
- zhdesh, zdesh, shdesh — dialectal
- zvesh, svesh, xvesh — dialectal
- çvesh, xhvesh, xhesh — dialectal
- gesh — Calabria
- zhvish — Borgo Erizzo
Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, zh- + vesh. Considering the earliest attestations have /d/ and lack /v/, the etymology is likely more complex.
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Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]zhvesh (aorist zhvesha, participle zhveshur) (transitive)
- to undress, disrobe, unclothe
- Antonym: vesh
- 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, VT 1.1.23, page 6, lines 7–10:
- Cur pra spirti dvèsciunè miscit sè vèt nuκè mundètè me forzètè mèndsè me pam Hȣjnè pa ndihmètè drittèsè lume.
- [Kur pra shpirti dveshunë mishit së vet nukë mundetë me forcëtë mendsë me pam Hyjnë pa ndihmëtë dritësë lume.]
- Therefore the soul deprived of its body cannot with the force of its intellect see God without the help of the blessed light.
- to take off, doff (clothes)
- Antonym: vesh
- to remove the outer layer, e.g. to peel (fruit), to skin (animals), etc.
- Synonym: rrjep
- zhvesh telin ― strip the wire
- to deprive of its leaves
- 2018 May 22, “Fenomen i pazakontë në Gramsh / Një orë breshër dëmton bujqësinë”, in ABC News[1], archived from the original on 2023-03-26:
- Një stuhi breshëri që zgjati për rreth një orë dëmtoi në masë prodhimet bujqësore dhe zhveshi drurët frutorë e vreshta.
- A hailstorm that lasted for about an hour damaged massively the agricultural products and stripped fruit trees and vineyards.
- to unsheathe, draw, pull out (a sword)
- to dismiss, discharge (from an occupation)
- Synonym: liroj
- (colloquial) to steal from, rob
- (dialectal) to kill, murder
- Synonym: vras
- (mediopassive) See zhvishem.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “zhvesh”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2270a
- Demiraj, B. (1997) “2. vesh”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[3] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 416
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “zhvesh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 589a
- Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “žviš”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 297
- Leotti, Angelo (1916) “zvesh”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 191
- Weigand, Gustav (1914) “zvesh”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 105b
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σβεσ̈”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 367
- Jungg, G. (1895) “ɛdesc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 149a
- Meyer, G. (1891) “2. veš”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 467
- Rossi, F. (1875) “scdèsc”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1127a
- Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian):
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