mbjell

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from n- +‎ pjell (to beget, bear), which originally might have meant something akin to to push.

Verb

mbjell (aorist mbolla, participle mbjellë) (transitive)

  1. to sow, plant
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Matthew 13:24, page 39r, lines 64–65:
      gneh ni/erii ћi enbiell: fare teh mire: en dare teh
      [një nierī qi ënbiell farë të mirë ënd arë të]
      a man who sows good seeds on his field
  2. (figurative) to disperse, scatter, disseminate
    Synonyms: shpërndaj, përhap
    Mbillte frikë.
    It disseminated fear.
  3. (figurative) to lose
    Synonym: humb

Derived terms

References

  • “mbjell”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1089a
  • Demiraj, B. (1997) “pjell”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 322f.
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mbjell”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 270a
  • Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “mbíl”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 186
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “μbίελ”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 229
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “mieλ”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 80a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “pjeł”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 342
  • Rossi, F. (1875) “mbièl”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 804b
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pjell”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 330