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ngurroj

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Per Çabej from gur (stone) +‎ -oj, literally "to stiffen, become petrified"; contaminated by gurrë for expressive reasons. For Orel from Latin incurrere (to commit (a fault)).[1]

Verb

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ngurroj (aorist ngurrova, participle ngurruar)

  1. (intransitive) to hesitate, falter, stop
    Synonym: stepem

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203

Further reading

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  • “ngurroj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • ngurroj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006