ftoh

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tpē-, rebuilt analogically after the original inchoatives, from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be warm). Cognate to Latin tepeo (to be lukewarm, tepid). From a metathesized pre-form ptoh.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ftɔh/

Verb

ftoh (aorist ftoha, participle ftohur) (transitive)

  1. to cool
    Synonym: freskoj
    Antonyms: ngroh, nxeh
  2. to catch a cold
    Synonym: plevitos
  3. (figurative) to die
    Synonyms: vdes, cof[2]
    kur të ftofi unëonly when I die
  4. (figurative) to alienate, to estrange
    Synonyms: zvjerdh, tëhuaj
  5. (figurative) to fade, to weaken
    Synonyms: dobësoj, zbut, tres
  6. (regional) to quench, to extinguish
    Synonym: shuaj
  7. (transitive, metallurgy) to quench, to rapidly cool in water

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 173
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cof”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 52-53

Further reading

  • ftoh”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “ftoh”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Greek φτωχός (ftochós).

Adjective

ftoh m (feminine ftohã)

  1. poor

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