mehem

Albanian
Alternative forms

Etymology

Reflective form of mej, from Proto-Albanian *mōja, cognate with Old High German muoan (“to work diligently”), Greek μῶλος (môlos, “toil of war”) and Slavic *majati 'to work slowly'[1].

Verb

mehem (first-person singular past tense u meha, participle mehur)

  1. I fail, fade, wane, slowly run out
Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mehem”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 255
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