vdes

See also: Vdes.

Albanian

Etymology

A formation in -s of Proto-Albanian *awa-deja, from earlier *dej, continuing Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-. Compare Old Church Slavonic давити (daviti, suffocate), Gothic 𐌰𐍆𐌳𐌰𐌿𐌹𐌸𐍃 (afdauiþs, troubled), Old Irish díth (end, death), Avestan 𐬛𐬎𐬎𐬀𐬌𐬛𐬍 (duuaidī, we press), Latin fūnus (death) and English die.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vdes/

Verb

vdes (aorist vdiqa, participle vdekur)

  1. to die (used only for humans and bees)

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • vdekatar m, vdekatare f
  • vdekje
  • vdekjeprurës
  • vdekshëm
  • vdekshmëri

See also

Further reading

  • vdes”, 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]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “vdes”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]