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tërheq

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A compound formation of prefix tër- and heq. Alternatively from Proto-Indo-European *tragʰ- (to draw, drag) or *dʰerǵʰ- (to bind fast). Compare Latin trahō (to pull, carry), Old High German trehhan (to push, bump, move, scratch), English drag.

Verb

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tërheq (aorist tërhoqa, participle tërhéqur)(transitive)

  1. to pull
  2. to withdraw
  3. (figuratively) to attract

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • “tërheq”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • tërheq”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “tërheq”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]