Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *en-pāginja, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with Greek πήγνυμι (pígnymi, to make firm, to make stiff), Latin pangō (id), Gothic fahan (to catch).[1]

Verb

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mpij (aorist mpiva, participle mpirë)

  1. to benumb
  2. to make stiff

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mpij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 275