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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Lithuanian nèšti (“to carry”), Ancient Greek ἐνεγκεῖν (enenkeîn, “to carry”), Old English ġenōg (“enough”), German genug, Swedish nog. Alternatively from the compound *ka + *ānda, literally meaning 'having pleasure'.
Pronunciation
Verb
kënáq (aorist kënáqa, participle kënáqur)
- (active voice, transitive) to make (someone) happy; to fulfill a wish; to gratify, please, satisfy
- Synonyms: gëzoj, argëtoj
- (active voice, transitive, figurative, 3rd pers.) it satisfies
Verb
kënáqem (aorist u kënáqa, participle kënáqur)
- (passive voice, reflexive) to be pleased, rejoiced
- Synonyms: gëzohem, argëtohem
Derived terms
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 219