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zhys

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *diš-ūd-tja, a similar formation to mbys, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).[1] Alternatively, to be compared with Lithuanian žū́ti (“perish”), žudýti (“slay”), Latvian zùdu (“disappear, get lost”), zaudêt (“lose”), Middle Irish gúas (“danger, peril, jeopardy”).

Verb edit

zhys (aorist zhyta, participle zhytur)

  1. to immerse, dunk, sink

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zhys”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
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