qortoj

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly a formation based on Latin cāritās, with a negative sense development.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced? Particularly: “qortoj”)

Verb

qortoj (aorist qortova, participle qortuar)

  1. (transitive) to admonish, to castigate

Conjugation

  • qortim
  • qortohem

Further reading

  • qortoj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “qortoj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]