holloj

Albanian

Etymology

Active form of passive hollohem.

See hollë (thin, slender) for more.

Verb

hollój (aorist hollóva, participle hollúar)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to thin (down), rarefy, wallow out (dough)
    Synonyms: tëholloj, stërholloj
  2. (active voice, transitive) to water down, dilute (liquids)
  3. (active voice, transitive) to grind, crush, rarefy (into particles, granules); slice (something into thin layers)
    Synonyms: thërrmoj, mpreh
  4. (active voice, transitive) to sharpen; to raise (voice)
  5. (active voice, figurative) to make it clear, more understandable; to keep it simple (language, speech, issue, explanation, order, etc.)
  6. (active voice, figurative, third person) to smarten (when associated with school, education)
  7. (active voice, figurative, third person) to dilute, to fade away (taste, smell)
  8. (active voice, figurative, agriculture, third person) to weaken, to impoverish (when associated with weather, seasons)

Conjugation

  • holla f, hollat f
  • hollak m, hollake f
  • hollësi f, hollësia f
  • hollësirë f, hollësira f
  • hollësishëm m, hollësishme f
  • hollësisht
  • hollim m, hollimi m
  • hollues m, holluese f
  • hollues m, holluesi m
  • holluese f, holluesja f
  • hollush f, hollushe f
  • stërhollë
  • stërhollim m, stërhollimi m
  • stërhollohet, stërhollohen
  • stërholloj
  • stërholluar
  • tëholl
  • tëhollet
  • tëhollës m, tëhollësi m
  • tëhollim m, tëhollimi m
  • tëhollje f, tëhollja f
  • tëholloj
  • tëholluar
  • tëhollur
  • thkollët

Further reading

  • holloj”, 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