shemb

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *ampa, from Proto-Indo-European *ap-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “to seize, grasp”), Sanskrit आप्नोति (āpnòti, “to reach”).[1]

Verb

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shemb (aorist shemba, participle shembur)

  1. to demolish, abate, collapse

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shemb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 410
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