shaploj

Albanian

Etymology

From çapëloj (to rip, to tear apart), itself from çap (to step, to stride), with the ç:sh alteration at the beginning of the word, and some influence by capoj (to hoe, to harrow).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃapˈlɔj]
  • Rhymes: -lɔj
  • Hyphenation: shap‧lój

Verb

shaploj (aorist shaplova, participle shapluar)

  1. (regional) to break the clods; to harrow[2]
    Synonyms: ronit, copoj, capoj

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “capërlohem”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 10-11
  2. ^ Cipo, Kostaq, Çabej, Eqrem, Domi, Mahir, Krajni, Anton, Myderrizi, Osman (1954) Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe, Tirana: Instituti i Shkencavet, Seksioni i Gjuhës e i Letërsisë, →OCLC, page 647