duhet

Albanian

Etymology

Unclear. Possibly from *duh, from *dusga, methatesized form of Proto-Albanian *dug-sa, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to be ready, be sufficient”) (compare Lithuanian daũg (“much, many”), Old Saxon dōg (“to be suitable”), Greek τεύχω (téfcho, “to produce, make, build”), Slavic *dugь 'strength, power'. Alternatively a derivate of dua.

Verb

duhet

  1. (modal auxiliary, defective) to do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate
  2. must

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