rrënoj

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *ruīnāre ("to ruin"), from Latin ruīna ("ruin").[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈnɔj/

Verb

rrënoj (aorist rrënova, participle rrënuar)

  1. to raze to the ground, destroy
  2. to demolish
  3. to ravish
  4. (figuratively, passive voice) to become poor

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrënoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 384