murtajë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• mortajë

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin mortālia, from mortālis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muɾˈtajə/
• Rhymes: -ajə
• Hyphenation: mur‧tá‧jə

Noun

murtajë f (definite murtaja) (uncountable)

1. (medicine) plague
2. (figurative) curse, scourge

   Synonyms: mynxyrë, fatkeqësi, gjëmë

Declension

Declension of murtajë

	indefinite	definite
nominative	murtajë	murtaja
accusative		murtajën
dat./abl.	murtaje	murtajës

Hyponyms

• murtajë e bardhë (“tuberculosis”)

Derived terms

• murtajis
• murtajos
• murtajshëm

 

Further reading

• “murtajë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “murtajë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “murtaj-ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 300