shqim

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shqymb (Old Albanian)
• shkym (Gheg)

Etymology

Loss of /b/ in Standard Albanian shqim and Gheg Albanian shkym.

From Old Albanian shqymb, from Proto-Albanian *skūmba. Cognate to Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*skiuban, “cast, shove”) and 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban, “cast away, shove off”), Lithuanian skumbù and skùbti (“to hurry up”) and Proto-Slavic *skuti.

See shqymb for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʃc͡ɕim], [ʃcim] (Standard)
• IPA^(key): [ʃkym] (Gheg)
• IPA^(key): [ʃkʲimb] (Old Albanian, Arbëreshë, Arvanitic)

Verb

shqim (aorist shqima, participle shqimur)

1. (transitive) to turn off, switch off, deactivate

   Tom, shqime dritën.

   Tom, turn off the light(s).

2. (figurative) to extinguish, destroy, exterminate, wipe out

   E shqimën një fis.

   They wiped out a tribe.

Synonyms

• shuaj
• fik
• shquaj
• zhduk
• shfaros
• faros
• shqimem
• shqyej; shkyej
• (i/e) shkym(e) (Gheg, "torn; ripped (out/up); dismembered")

Related terms

• humb

Adverb

shqim

1. all, fully, totally, entirely, completely

Synonyms

• krejt
• plotësisht
• shumë
• fare

Noun

shqim m (definite shqimi)

1. (transaction according to verb)

Related terms

• shqimje f
• shqimja f
• shqimët

Further reading

• [1] active verb shqim (turn off, destroy, wipe out, extinguish, etc.) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
• [2] mediopassive verb shqímem • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)