shqim

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Loss of /b/ in Standard Albanian shqim and Gheg Albanian shkym.

From Old Albanian shqymb, from Proto-Albanian *skūmba. Cognate to Gothic *𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (*skiuban, “cast, shove”) and 𐌰𐍆𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌿𐌱𐌰𐌽 (afskiuban, “cast away, shove off”), Lithuanian skumbù and skùbti (“to hurry up”) and Proto-Slavic *skuti.[1]

See shqymb for more.

Pronunciation

Verb

shqim (aorist shqima, participle shqimur)

  1. (transitive) to turn off, switch off, deactivate
    Tom, shqime dritën.
    Tom, turn off the light(s).
  2. (figurative) to extinguish, destroy, exterminate, wipe out
    E shqimën një fis.
    They wiped out a tribe.

Synonyms

Adverb

shqim

  1. all, fully, totally, entirely, completely

Synonyms

Noun

shqim m (definite shqimi)

  1. (transaction according to verb)

Further reading

  • active verb shqim (turn off, destroy, wipe out, extinguish, etc.) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
  • mediopassive verb shqímem • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shqim”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 435
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