shqim
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Loss of /b/ in Standard Albanian shqim and Gheg Albanian shkym.
From Old Albanian shqymb, from Proto-Albanian *skūmba. Cognate to Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*skiuban, “cast, shove”) and 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban, “cast away, shove off”), Lithuanian skumbù and skùbti (“to hurry up”) and Proto-Slavic *skuti.[1]
See shqymb for more.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): [ʃc͡ɕim], [ʃcim] (Standard)
- IPA(key): [ʃkym] (Gheg)
- IPA(key): [ʃkʲimb] (Old Albanian, Arbëreshë, Arvanitic)
Verb edit
shqim (aorist shqima, participle shqimur)
- (transitive) to turn off, switch off, deactivate
- Tom, shqime dritën.
- Tom, turn off the light(s).
- (figurative) to extinguish, destroy, exterminate, wipe out
- E shqimën një fis.
- They wiped out a tribe.
Synonyms edit
- shuaj
- fik
- shquaj
- zhduk
- shfaros
- faros
- shqimem
- shqyej; shkyej
- (i/e) shkym(e) (Gheg, "torn; ripped (out/up); dismembered")
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Adverb edit
shqim
Synonyms edit
Noun edit
shqim m (definite shqimi)
- (transaction according to verb)
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Further reading edit
- [1] active verb shqim (turn off, destroy, wipe out, extinguish, etc.) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
- [2] mediopassive verb shqímem • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 435