ndreq

Albanian

Etymology

From an attested dialectal dreq, a phonetic variant of drejt.[1] Alternatively borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin dīrigō with a prefix related to Aromanian ãn-. Compare Aromanian ndreg and Romanian drege.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ndɾɛcç]

Verb

ndreq (first-person singular past tense ndreqa, participle ndrequr)

  1. I repair, fix, arrange
    Synonyms: rregulloj, ujdis
  2. I improve
  3. I solve, find solution
  4. I feed and give water
  5. I cook food, add ingredients to improve food
  6. I straighten up

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ndreqje
  • ndreqës
  • pandrequr

References

  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), ndreq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1040
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