murtajë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin mortālia, from mortālis.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /muɾˈtajə/
  • Rhymes: -ajə
  • Hyphenation: mur‧tá‧jə

Noun[edit]

murtajë f (definite murtaja) (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) plague
  2. (figurative) curse, scourge
    Synonyms: mynxyrë, fatkeqësi, gjëmë

Declension[edit]

Declension of murtajë
indefinite definite
nominative murtajë murtaja
accusative murtajën
dat./abl. murtaje murtajës

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “murtajë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

Further reading[edit]

  • “murtajë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • “murtajë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “murtaj-ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 300
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