shkruaj

Albanian

Etymology

  • From sh- + kruaj 'to scratch', q.v.; for sense development, compare English write from Old English wrītan 'to incise, engrave'. The noun form shkrim was probably influenced by Latin scrībō (write).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃkɾu.aj/

Verb

shkruaj (first-person singular past tense shkrova, participle shkruar)

  1. I write

Derived terms

References

  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 192.
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