bëj

See also: bej

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • (Gheg) bâj
  • (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic) bënj

Etymology

From archaic and dialectal bënj (“to make appear; do, make”), from Proto-Albanian *banja, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-n-yé-ti, from *bʰeh₂- (“shine”) (compare Greek φαίνομαι (faínomai, “to seem, appear”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bəj/

Verb

bëj (first-person singular past tense bëra, participle bërë)

  1. I do, make
  2. I act as if (in use with si (“as if, like”) - appear meaning in mediopassive voice)
  3. I create, form
  4. I let out (a noise, sound)
  5. I earn / cost / am (worth) (in use and associated with money and price)
    Sa lekë bën?
    How much Lekë (cost) is it?
    Sa lekë i bën?
    How much Lekë do you earn?

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References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “bëj ~ bâj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 22

Further reading

  • active bëj • "Fjalor Shqip" ('Albanian Dictionary')
  • mediopassive bëhem • "Fjalor Shqip" ('Albanian Dictionary')
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