Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *exvigilāre.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

zgjoj (aorist zgjova, participle zgjuar) (transitive)

  1. to wake up, rouse
  2. (figurative)
    1. to bring down to earth, to make (someone) snap out of it
    2. to renew, make reflourish
      Synonym: ripërtërij
    3. to make understand, clarify to
      Synonym: sqaroj
    4. to awaken, stimulate (emotions, etc.)
  3. (euphemistic) to arouse
  4. (mediopassive) See zgjohem.

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zgjoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 523

Further reading edit

  • “zgjoj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980