imtësoj

Albanian

Etymology

From imtas (crumbly, smally) +‎ -oj (-I) (imtas from imtë (tiny, small)).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

imtësój (aorist imtësóva, participle imtësúar)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to refine; to improve (quality of a product)

Conjugation

  • (note: only 3rd person sg/pl passive forms; passive imtësohet)
  • (i) imët m, (e) imët f
  • im (active), imet (passive), imur (participle)
  • imtas
  • imtë f
  • imtësi f
  • imtësim m
  • imtësisht
  • imtësuar (participle), imtësohet (passive)
  • imti f
  • imtim m
  • imtoj (active), imtohet (passive), imtuar (participle)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “imtësoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 154

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • imtësoj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006