dëboj

Albanian

Etymology

From dë- +‎ boj, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- (to run). Compare Ancient Greek φέβομαι (phébomai, flee, be afraid), φόβος (phóbos, escape, fear), Lithuanian bėgu (run, flee), Latvian bêgu (flee), Old Church Slavonic бѣгати (běgati, flee).

Verb

dëboj (aorist dëbova, participle dëbuar)

  1. (transitive) to throw out, drive away, expel, banish

Conjugation

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Further reading

  • dëboj”, 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