rrej

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *arn-enja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂res-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai, “to deny, refuse”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [rɛj]

Verb

rrej (aorist rrejta, participle rrejtur)

to lie, deceive
Synonym: gënjej

Derived terms

References

^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 259

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