See also: Vdes.

Albanian

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Etymology

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A formation in -s of Proto-Albanian *awa-deja, from earlier *dej, continuing Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Compare Old Church Slavonic давити (daviti, suffocate), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌸𐍃 (afdauiþs, troubled), Old Irish díth (end, death), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuaidī, we press), Latin fūnus (death) and English die.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vdes (aorist vdiqa, participle vdekur)

  1. to die (used only for humans and bees)

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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See also

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Further reading

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  • vdes”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “vdes”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]