zhys

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *diš-ūd-tja, a similar formation to mbys, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”).[1] Alternatively, to be compared with Lithuanian žū́ti (“perish”), žudýti (“slay”), Latvian zùdu (“disappear, get lost”), zaudêt (“lose”), Middle Irish gúas (“danger, peril, jeopardy”).

Verb[edit]

zhys (aorist zhyta, participle zhytur)

  1. to immerse, dunk, sink

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “zhys”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
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