shkarzej
Albanian
Alternative forms
- shkarzoj
Etymology
A variant of shkërdhej. Alternatively from an unattested Balkan Latin *excardiāre ("to spin wool")[1].
Verb
shkarzej (first-person singular past tense shkarzeva, participle shkarzuar)
- to humiliate, to abase
- to roll in the dust (horses, donkeys)
Related terms
- shkërdhej
- shkarth
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.418