mbjell

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mbiell, mbill, mjell, miell, mjedh — dialectal
• ënbiell — archaic

Etymology

Possibly from n- +‎ pjell (“to beget, bear”), which originally might have meant something akin to “to push”.

Verb

mbjell (aorist mbolla, participle mbjellë) (transitive)

1. to sow, plant
   • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Matthew 13:24, page 39r, lines 64–65:

     gneh ni/erii ћi enbiell: fare teh mire: en dare teh

     [një nierī qi ënbiell farë të mirë ënd arë të]

     a man who sows good seeds on his field

2. (figurative) to disperse, scatter, disseminate

   Synonyms: shpërndaj, përhap

   Mbillte frikë.

   It disseminated fear.

3. (figurative) to lose

   Synonym: humb

Derived terms

• mbjellë
• mbjellës
• mbjellje
• mbjellshëm
• mbjelltar

 

References

• “mbjell”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1089a
• Demiraj, B. (1997) “pjell”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[2] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 322f.
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “mbjell”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 270a
• Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “mbíl”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 186
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “μbίελ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 229
• Jungg, G. (1895) “mieλ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 80a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “pjeł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 342
• Rossi, F. (1875) “mbièl”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 804b
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 330