agjëroj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gninoi[1] (Gheg)
  • agjinoj (Gheg)
  • ngjinoj (Gheg)
  • njinoj (Gheg)
  • ninoj (Gheg)
  • argjërojArbëresh

Etymology

First attested in Buzuku as engjënonj with a prothetic (e)n-, then variously attested as angjinonj (Budi), me ngjinuem (Bardhi), me anjënuem (Kuvendi i Arbënit). Borrowed from Latin ieiūnō (to fast).[2] While Topalli argues that the initial a- derives from an interrogative particle, Orel suggests a derivation from Vulgar Latin *adjūnāre from the same source, comparing it to Romanian ajuna (to fast).[3] Ultimately a doublet of ngjëroj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aɟəˈɾɔj]

Verb

agjëroj (aorist agjërova, participle agjëruar)

  1. (intransitive) to fast

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • kreshmoj

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 41, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “agjëroj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 80
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “agjëroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 2

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • agjëroj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006