ngjaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-ga-lab-nja, a denominative verb based on *lab. Cognate to Lithuanian lãbas (“good”), Latvian labs (“id”).[1]

Verb

ngjaj (aorist ngjajta, participle ngjarë)

  1. to resemble, be alike
  2. to suit; to become;
  3. to seem
  4. to happen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 83

Further reading

  • “ngjaj”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ngjaj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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