qëlloj

Albanian

Etymology

Internal development from sjell.[1] Alternatively restored from an earlier *përqëlloj, from Latin percellāre (to beat down).[2]

Verb

qëlloj (first-person singular past tense qëllova, participle qëlluar)

  1. I hit
    Synonym: cerk
  2. I beat
  3. I gain, obtain

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), qëlloj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1219
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 360

Further reading

  • qëlloj” on fjalorthi.com
  • qëlloj in Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe at shkenca.org
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