plakem

Albanian

Etymology

From plak (to make old) (from Proto-Albanian *plaka-, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-ko-, *pelh₂-)[1] + -em (passive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [plakɛm]

Verb

plákem (aorist u plaka, participle plakur)[2]

  1. (passive voice, reflexive) to age; to become/grow/get old
  2. (passive voice, reflexive, figurative) to live long; to overlive (living a long life)
    Synonyms: rroj, mbijetoj, përjetoj
  3. (passive voice, reflexive, figurative) to become wise, gain experience; to turn to a master (for something; work, activity, life, etc.)
    Synonyms: zotëroj, urdhëroj, mbizotëroj

Conjugation

  • plak (old man), plakë (old woman)
  • plakur (aged, aging) (participle)
  • (i) plakur m, (e) plakur f
  • plakje f (aging, senescence)
    • plakarec m (old, wrinkled, shriveled), plakarece f (id)
    • plakrush m (oldster)
    • plakruq m (evil old man)
  • pleqëroj, pleqërohet
  • pleqëruar
  • pleqëri f
    • pleqërim m
    • pleqërisht m, pleqërishte f
  • pleqësoj, pleqësohet
    • pleqësor m, pleqësore f
  • pleqësuar
  • pleqësi f
    • pleqësim m
  • mplak, mplakem
    • mplakur
    • mplakje

References

  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 230.
  2. Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, →ISBN, page 430 (III 14³ tr. act. plak/ pass. refl. plaket verb (3rd pl./sg. forms)

Further reading

  • passive verb plakem (engl. I age; I get/become/ old, etc.) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
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