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vobektë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a noun vobek/vobeg, a singularized plural of *vobog, from a South Slavic language; compare Old Church Slavonic оубогъ (ubogŭ, “wretched, poor”), Serbo-Croatian убог (“poor, miserable”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *ubogъ (“poor”).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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i vobektë (feminine plural të vobekta)

  1. poor

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "vobektë", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 313-314
  2. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “vobektë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1582
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vobektë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 513

Further reading

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