Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

i vobektë (feminine plural të vobekta)

  1. poor

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References edit

  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