prij

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-e/o-s (“before, in front”). Related to para. Alternatively from Latin praeīre.[1]

Verb

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prij (aorist priva, participle prirë) (transitive and intransitive)

  1. to lead, command
    Synonym: udhëheq
  2. to lead, to govern, to guide (a population)
    Synonyms: udhëheq, drejtoj
  3. at the top of a classification/ranking (sports or races)
    Synonym: kryesoj
  4. (third person) introduction, at the start
  5. (third person, figurative) to benefit, to be useful

Derived terms

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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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  • “prij”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “prij”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “prîj, priej”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 402
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