shërbej

Albanian

Etymology

From an earlier shërbenj (third person singular shërben), from Proto-Albanian *śerbi̯ɔnit, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *serbiō, from Latin serviō.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃəɾˈbɛj/

Verb

shërbej (aorist shërbeva, participle shërbyer)

  1. to serve

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 192
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