ngjaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-ga-lab-nja, a denominative verb based on *lab. Cognate to Lithuanian lãbas (“good”), Latvian labs (“id”).[1]

Verb

ngjaj (aorist ngjajta, participle ngjarë)

  1. to resemble, be alike
  2. to suit; to become;
  3. to seem
  4. to happen

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 83
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