mërzit

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mërzis

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mertja, from Proto-Indo-European *mers (“to trouble”). Compare Latin marzjan (“to hinder, offend”), Lithuanian maršìnti (“make forget”), Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō, “to rub, consume”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠marriattari⁠/, “will destroy”). Alternatively, a borrowing from Serbo-Croatian mrziti (“to hate”).

Verb

mërzit (aorist mërzita, participle mërzitur)

1. to annoy, bother, get bored, to become sad

Related terms

• marrë
• marrëzi