mbledh

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mbëledhënj (Arvanitic, Arbëreshë), mledh (Gheg)
  • participles: mbledhurë, mbledhunë

Etymology

From older mbëledh, from Old Albanian ënbëljedh, from Proto-Albanian *ambiledza, compound of *ambi ‘on, over’ (modern mbi) + *ledza, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’ (compare English leech ‘doctor’, Latin legere, Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)).

Pronunciation

Verb

mbledh (first-person singular past tense mblodha, participle mbledhur)

  1. to gather, gather in or up
  2. to fasten together, tuck in or under, pick up
  3. to collect, accumulate
  4. to convene, assemble, herd
  5. (mathematics) to add
  6. to huddle
  7. (intransitive) to fester, pus up

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • mblidhem, mbledhje, mbledhës, përmbledh, çmbledh, zbledh
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