thërrmoj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thërmoj

Etymology

From thërrime, thërrmijë (“crumb”) +‎ -oj. Compare Romanian fărâma, Aromanian sãrmu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θərˈmoj/
• Rhymes: -oj

Verb

thërrmoj (aorist thërrmova, participle thërrmuar) (transitive)

1. to shatter, crumble

   Synonyms: grimcoj, dërrmoj

2. to crush, destroy, overwhelm

   Synonyms: dërrmoj, vras, copëtoj

3. (figurative) to crush, tear apart (a concept, etc.)

   Synonym: dërrmoj

Derived terms

• thërrmim
• thërrmohet
• thërrmues
• thërrmueshëm

 

References

• “thërrm/ój”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2064b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “thërm-oj […] thërrm-oj”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 534b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “θε̯ρμόϳ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 128
• Jungg, G. (1895) “ξξermue”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 164a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “θεr̄móń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 90
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thërrime”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 477