zhys

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *diš-ūd-tja, a similar formation to mbys, from Proto-Indo-European *u̯ed, *ud (“water”).[1] Alternatively, to be compared with Lithuanian žū́ti (“perish”), žudýti (“slay”), Latvian zùdu (“disappear, get lost”), zaudêt (“lose”), Middle Irish gúas (“danger, peril, jeopardy”).

Verb

zhys (first-person singular past tense zhyta, participle zhytur)

  1. I immerse, dunk, sink

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 527
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