qaj - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• qanj, klaj, klanj (Tosk)
• kaj, kjaj (Gheg)

From variant qanj, from older klanj, from Proto-Albanian *klaunja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (compare English loud, Czech slout (“to be called, have a reputation”), Greek κλαίω (klaío, “to weep, sob”)).

• IPA^(key): [caj]

qaj (aorist qava, participle qarë)

1. (active voice, intransitive) to cry, weep, shed tears

   Synonym: lotoj

   Antonym: qesh

2. (active voice, intransitive) (it/they) drip(s) (liquids/water from a window, ground/soil, etc.) (third person sg/pl)

   Synonym: pikon

3. (active voice, intransitive) (it/they) squeak(s), squeal(s), crack(s) (associated with the noise of a door, window, wheel) (third person sg/pl)

   Synonym: gërvin

4. (active voice, intransitive, figurative) (it/they) need(s), miss(es); (it/they) lack(s) (someone or something), cry(cries) for (someone/something) (third person sg/pl)

   Synonyms: mungon, vyn

5. (active voice, transitive) to mourn, cry over (because of a loss or death of someone); to cry over (something (such as past time, money))

   Synonym: vajtoj

6. (active voice, transitive, colloquial) to do (it) perfectly, master (something specific); to have a talent (for a specific profession/work; playing an instrument)

   Synonym: shkrij

• qahem (passive)
• quaj, shquaj (active)
• quhem, shquhem (passive)
• qarje f (“mourning, crying, lamentation”)
• qarë n, qarët n
• qarë f (“cry, lament, weep”)

• “qaj”, 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