dëgjoj

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See also: degjoj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin intellegō (to understand, perceive),[1][2][3] with metathesis of the -l- and -g- and many other phonological distortions in dialects, with the predominant form ultimately phonologically contaminated with gjoj (to hear).

Pronunciation

Verb

dëgjoj (aorist dëgjova, participle dëgjuar)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to hear
    Synonym: ndiej
    S'të dëgjoj.I can't hear you.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to listen to, focus on, pay attention to
    I dëgjoi pulsin.He listened to the pulse.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to listen (to advice or instructions), obey
    Synonym: bindem
  4. (transitive) to learn, find out about
    Synonym: mësoj
  5. (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to understand, speak (a language)
    Synonym: kuptoj
  6. (intransitive, chiefly in the negative, colloquial) to not care, not want to hear about
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “diǵoń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 66f.
  2. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 191
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dëgjoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 62

Further reading

  • “dëgj/ój”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 321f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “dëgjoj”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 72a