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shëmtoj

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From shemb (“tear down”) +‎ -oj.[1] Alternatively a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *examputāre, from Latin amputāre (“to cut down, to amputate”).[2]

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Verb edit

shëmtoj (aorist shëmtova, participle shëmtuar)

  1. to make ugly, distort
  2. (transitive) to scowl
  3. (figurative) to abandon, sadden

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References edit

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shëmtoj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1381
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shëmtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 412
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