shquaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shquej

Etymology

From sh- (out, ex-) + quaj (name, call),[1] verb quaj from Old Albanian kluoj, from Proto-Albanian *klāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwos (to hear).[2]

Verb

  • (active) shqúaj (first-person singular past tense shqóva, participle shqúar)[3]
  1. (active, transitive) I distinguish, discern; know (someone/something from others, even from far away)
    Synonyms: njoh, shëmbëllej
  2. (active, intransitive) make visible, characterize, clear to be seen; standing out (from others)
    Synonyms: dalloj, shihet
  3. (active, transitive) (active, transitive) I notice, learn
  4. (active, transitive, linguistics) I stress
  • (passive) shqúhem (first-person singular past tense u shqóva, participle shqúar)
  1. (passive, transitive, reflexive) I distinguish myself
  2. (passive, transitive) I am discerned, distinguished

Conjugation

References

  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 434
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), quaj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 363
  3. Prof. Dr. Ilo Stefanllari (1996, 2006) Albanian Practical Dictionary (Albanian-English, English-Albanian), Hippocrene Books INC., New York, USA, →ISBN, [active 'shqúaj' / passive 'shqúhem' page 166]

Further reading

  • active verb shquaj/shqúaj (aorist shqóva; participle shqúar)• Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • passive verb shquhem/shqúhem (aorist u shqóva; participle shqúar)• Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
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