mësoj

See also: mesoj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mësonj (Tosk, Old Albanian)
  • mbësonj (Arbëresh, Arvanitic)
  • msoj (Gheg) [1]
  • psoj

Etymology

From Old Albanian mpson (Bogdani, Budi), ëmpson (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *imbitjɔnit, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *invitiō, *invitiāre, from *vitiō, from Latin vitium (vice). Compare Romanian învăța.[2]
Otherwise from pësoj, itself of Latin origin, developing in mpsoj, psoj, mbsoj, mbësoj and other dialectal forms.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [məˈsɔj]

Verb

mësoj (aorist mësova, participle mësuar)

  1. to teach, instruct, train
    mëso diçka.
    Teach me something.
  2. to learn, learn of, find out
    Po mësoj shqip.
    I'm learning Albanian.
  3. to get used to, accustom

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References

  1. Msoj in Google Books
  2. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013), 191, 621-2.
  3. Topalli, K. (2017) “mësoj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 983
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