murtajë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin mortālia, from mortālis.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /muɾˈtajə/
  • Rhymes: -ajə
  • Hyphenation: mur‧tá‧jə

Noun

murtajë f (definite murtaja) (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) plague
  2. (figurative) curse, scourge
    Synonyms: mynxyrë, fatkeqësi, gjëmë

Declension

Declension of murtajë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative murtajë murtaja
accusative murtajën
dat./abl. murtaje murtajës

Hyponyms

  • murtajë e bardhë (“tuberculosis”)

Derived terms

  • murtajis
  • murtajos
  • murtajshëm

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “murtajë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “murtajë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “murtaj-ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 300
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