zhdëp

Albanian

Etymology

A voiced variant of an earlier *shtap, from Proto-Albanian *štapa, related to the word for 'stick'. Compare Old English stæf, German Stab, Serbo-Croatian stap (staff).

Noun

zhdëp (aorist zhdëpa, participle zhdëpur)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) to beat up (generally with a stick)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • zhdëp”, 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