rrej

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *arn-enja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂res-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἀρνέομαι (arnéomai, “to deny, refuse”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [rɛj]

Verb

rrej (first-person singular past tense rrejta, participle rrejtur)

  1. I lie, deceive
    Synonym: gënjej

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 259
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