See also: degjoj

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin intellegō (to understand, perceive),[1][2][3] with metathesis of the -l- and -g- and many other phonological distortions in dialects, with the predominant form ultimately phonologically contaminated with gjoj (to hear).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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dëgjoj (aorist dëgjova, participle dëgjuar)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hear
    Synonym: ndiej
    S'të dëgjoj.I can't hear you.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to listen to, focus on, pay attention to
    I dëgjoi pulsin.He listened to the pulse.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to listen (to advice or instructions), obey
    Synonym: bindem
  4. (transitive) to learn, find out about
    Synonym: mësoj
  5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to understand, speak (a language)
    Synonym: kuptoj
  6. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative, colloquial) to not care, not want to hear about [+ nga (object)]
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “diǵoń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 66f.
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 191
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dëgjoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading

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  • “dëgj/ój”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 321f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “dëgjoj”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 72a