mbledh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From older mbëledh, from Old Albanian ënbëljedh, from Proto-Albanian *əmbər-lʲę́ð(ə)-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *ana-pra- + léj́i/a-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (to gather) (compare English leech (doctor), Latin legere, Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mbleð/

Verb

mbledh (aorist mblodha, participle mbledhur)

  1. to gather, gather in or up
    Synonym: gjëmtoj
  2. to fasten together, tuck in or under, pick up
  3. to collect, accumulate
  4. to convene, assemble, herd
  5. (mathematics) to add
  6. to huddle
  7. (intransitive) to fester, pus up

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “mbledh”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]