mbështet

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ambhi-stata, based on shtat, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂tós 'standing'. Compare Sanskrit स्थित (sthitá), Greek στατός (statós, “standing”), Latin status (“id.”)[1].

Verb

mbështet (first-person singular past tense mbështeta, participle mbështetur)

  1. to stand, to prop
  2. to lean against, to support

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 168
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