lashë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Aorist of lë (“I let/leave (behind), etc.”); from Proto-Albanian *lauša. Related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus, “loosen, set free, empty”). Further related to Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loose, release”).[1]

Cognate to Gheg Albanian lash and Arbëresh/Arvanitika Albanian liáse.[2] Cf. Albanian lashtë (“old, elderly; left behind”).

Verb

láshë (first-person singular past tense láshë, participle lënë)

  1. first-person singular aorist active indicative of lë

láshë (first-person singular past tense u láshë, participle lënë)

  1. first-person singular aorist passive indicative of lihem

See also

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 214-215
  2. le - (aorist: liáse) (engl. I leave, quit, permit, abandon) William Martin-Leake (1814 (2010)) Reasearches in Greece, John Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place (Cambridge University Press, New York, USA), →ISBN, page 301
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