mbështet

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ambhi-stata, based on *stata, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂tós (standing). Compare Sanskrit स्थित (sthitá), Greek στατός (statós, standing), Latin status (id).[2]

Verb

mbështet (aorist mbështeta, participle mbështetur)

  1. to stand, to prop
  2. to lean against, support

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 113, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 168