lefteros

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Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek λευτερώνω (lefteróno), variant of ελευθερώνω (eleftheróno).

Verb

lefteros (aorist lefterosa, participle lefterosur) (Tosk, dialectal)

  1. to free
    Synonym: liroj
    • 1827, Vangjel Meksi, Δγιάτα ἐ ῥέ, Matthew 1:21, page 3:
      σὲ ψὲ ἀῒ δ̇ὸ τὲ̰ λεφτερόσγε̰ λαὸν’ ἐτιγ γκὰ φάγετ’ ἐτοῦρε.
      because he will free his people from their sins.

Conjugation

References

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “lefter-í -os”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 240a