pështyj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • fshtyj
  • mështyj

Etymology

From a base *shtyj (“to spit”), from Proto-Albanian *śtūi̯a/i- (“to spit”), from Proto-Indo-European *spi̯eu̯H- (“to spit”). The initial pë- is either from për- (< PA *pra-), or from Proto-Albanian *apu- (“away”). Variants such as fshtyj use instead the Proto-Albanian prefix *u̯i-, and mështyn uses Proto-Albanian *əmbi- (“up”).[1]

Verb

pështyj (aorist pështyva, participle pështyrë)

  1. to spit out, smoke out, give off

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “pështyj”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • “pështyj”, 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
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