mbroj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mproj, mbëroj, mroj, mraj
  • (Gheg) pruj[1]

Etymology

Compound of mbi + rojë (guard), from ruoj (to guard, to keep). Related to mburojë. According to Orel, borrowed from a Romance language (compare Italian imparare).[2]

Verb

mbroj (first-person singular past tense mbrojta, participle mbrojtur)

  1. I protect; I defend

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. "Antologji e letërsisë së vjetër shqipe", page 65, Yll Zajmi
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
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