dhjes

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dzetša, from earlier *dzedtja,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed-i̯e/o-, from *ǵʰed- (“to defecate”). Compare Ancient Greek χέζω (khézō), Sanskrit हदति (hadati). Alternatively, Matzinger reconstructs *ȷ́edi̯ō.[2]

Verb

dhjes (first-person singular past tense dhjeva, participle dhjerë)

  1. (vulgar) I shit, I fuck up
    Synonyms: bëj ujët e trashë, dal jashtë

See also

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
  2. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 236
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