ndrag

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • ndragem (Tosk)
  • ndragna (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *(a)n-draga, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (dregs, sediment), likely of non-Indo-European origin.[1][2]

Verb

ndrag (aorist ndraga, participle ndragur)

  1. (transitive) to make/get filthy, dirty
    Synonym: fëlliq

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 141
  2. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*dragjō-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[2], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 99:*dʰragʰ-ieh₂-

Further reading

  • ndrag”, 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]‎[3], 1980