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Albanian
Etymology
From ofsh (“groan; curse”) + -aj.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ofˈʃaj/
- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: of‧sháj
Verb
ofshaj (aorist ofsháva, participle ofshárë)
- (intransitive) sigh, groan
- Synonyms: rënkoj, psherëtij
- (transitive, originally Tosk) to damn, curse
- Synonyms: nëm, mallkoj
Further reading
- “ofshaj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “ofshaj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “ofsh!”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 333