mërzit

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • mërzis

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *mertja, from Proto-Indo-European *mers (“to trouble”). Compare Latin marzjan (“to hinder, offend”), Lithuanian maršìnti (“make forget”), Ancient Greek μαραίνω (maraínō, “to rub, consume”), Hittite [Term?] (/⁠marriattari⁠/, “will destroy”). Alternatively, a borrowing from Serbo-Croatian mrziti (“to hate”).

Verb

mërzit (aorist mërzita, participle mërzitur)

  1. to annoy, bother, get bored, to become sad
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