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ënjt

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *anj, close to Sanskrit अनीति (ániti, blow out), Gothic 𐌿𐌶𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (uzanan, blow out),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (to breathe). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *aidn(i)-, from Proto-Indo-European *Hoid- (to swell). Cognate to Old Armenian այտնում (aytnum, to swell), Old Norse økkr (swelling, lump, growth), Latin inguen (groin, the genitals, tumefaction in the pubic region).

Verb

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ënjt (aorist ënjta, participle ënjtur)

  1. to swell, inflame

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëj~âj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91

Further reading

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  • ënjt”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ënjt”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]