lëpij

Albanian

Etymology

Structurally identical with Proto-Germanic *lapjanan, *lapanan, Icelandic lepja (to lick), Old High German laffan (to slurp) and Latin lambo (to lick).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ləˈpi(j)/

Verb

lëpij (aorist lëpiva, participle lëpirë)

  1. to lick

Conjugation

Further reading

  • lëpij”, 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