përdëllej
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- përdëlej — earlier
Etymology
[edit]Possibly from ndjej, ndëlej (“to forgive”), by replacing the suffix with për-.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]përdëllej (aorist përdëlleva, participle përdëllyer) (transitive)
- to pity
- Synonym: mëshiroj
- to console, comfort
- Synonym: ngushëlloj
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “ndɛľéń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 299
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “përdëlej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 319
Further reading
[edit]- “përdëll/ej”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1425a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “përdëll-ej”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 366b