Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *en-pāginja, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with Greek πήγνυμι (pígnymi, to make firm, to make stiff), Latin pangō (id), Gothic fahan (to catch).[1]

Verb edit

mpij (aorist mpiva, participle mpirë)

  1. to benumb
  2. to make stiff

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mpij”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 275