mehem

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Verb

mehem (aorist u meha, participle mehur)

  1. to fail, fade, wane, slowly run out

Derived terms

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