ziej

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džernja, based on a less frequent form zie, from Proto-Albanian *džera, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰér-e-ti, from *gʷʰer-. Cognate to Ancient Greek θέρομαι (théromai, “to become hot, to warm, to burn”), Old Irish fogeir (“(he) warms”)[1].

Verb

ziej (first-person singular past tense zjeva, participle zjerë)

  1. I boil, cook

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 524

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʑɛj/

Verb

ziej

  1. second-person singular imperative of ziać

Further reading
  • ziej in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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