Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A variant of shkërdhej. Alternatively from an unattested Balkan Latin *excardiāre ("to spin wool").[1]

Verb

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shkarzej (aorist shkarzeva, participle shkarzuar)

  1. to humiliate, to abase
  2. to roll in the dust (horses, donkeys)
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References

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  1. ^ A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.418