thyej

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsā(i)nja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃i- (“sharpen”) (compare English hone, Persian سان (sân, “whetstone”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θyɛj/

Verb

thýej (aorist théva, participle thýer)

1. (transitive) to break

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• kapërthej
• kthej
• shpërthej
• theç
• thyese
• thyeshëm

Further reading

• “thyej”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980