zhys

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *diš-ūd-tja, a similar formation to mbys, from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“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 (aorist zhyta, participle zhytur)

  1. to immerse, dunk, sink

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