vyshkem

Albanian

FWOTD – 7 February 2014

Alternative forms

Etymology

Variant of fyshkem. Compare Latin viēscō (wither), Lithuanian výsti (wither), Old High German wesanēn (wither, wilt) and Old Norse visna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvyʃkɛm]

Verb

výshkem (aorist u vyshka, participle vyshkur)

  1. to wither, to decay, to wilt, to welk
    • (Can we date this quote?) Poni, Si Trëndafil:
      Trëndafili tani vyshket, vyshket pa jetë.
      The rose withers now, withers without life.

Conjugation

Further reading

  • vyshkem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006