# lëshoj
## Albanian
### Etymology

Linguists disagree on the derivation of the word; there are several proposals.
* Might be from lë (“to let (behind); leave”) + sh- (de, out, off, ex) +‎ -oj (-1st pers./present/active suffix) itself; respectively Aorist lashë (let/left behind) +‎ -oj (-1st p./pres./act. suffix). Cf. Jussive particle Albanian le (“let”) → from Proto-Albanian *laide. Identical to Baltic particles Latvian lai (“let”), Lithuanian laĩ (“id”), Old Prussian -lai (“id”).
* Aorist (and adjective) lashë (“I left (behind); leave”), lashtë (“old, elderly; lit. 'left behind'”) → from Proto-Albanian *lauša. Related to Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃 (laus, “loosen, set free, empty”), further related to Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loose, release”) (which is also related to Albanian lirë (“free, independent”)).
* Camarda connets lëshoj to Greek λίσσομαι (líssomai, “to beg, pray”).
* As for Meyer (Orel agreed with Meyer); he considered lëshoj as a loan from Latin lassāre (“to render faint, tire”), while Orel added a *to let meaning to Latin lassāre.
* Meyer-Lübke and Miklosich favoured lëshoj as a borrowing from Italian lasciare (“to let”).
Furthermore, Standard/Tosk lëshoj is found as nshoj (ntshoj, ndshoj) among Gheg subdialects - favouring prefix nd- (“de-”) over le, lë (“let, leave, etc.”). The Gheg equivalent was neither considered, nor analyzed by the above mentioned linguists.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ləˈʃoj]

### Verb

lëshój (aorist lëshóva, participle lëshúar)
* (active voice, transitive) to let out/off/go/down; to drop
    I lëshoj flokët. ― I let my hair down.
* (active voice, transitive) to leave (something/someone) behind
    I break up (with someone), I split/separate (relationship)
    Synonyms: ndahem, prishem
    Unë e lëshoj gruan për ty. ― I leave my wife for you.
    Ajo e lëshoi burrin. ― She left her husband.
* (active voice, transitive) to release, unleash; free, set free, liberate; to remove
    Synonyms: lë, lehtësoj, liroj, çliroj, nxjerr
* (active voice, transitive) to give up/back, quit
    Synonym: dorëzoj
* (active voice, transitive) to start, turn on, set in motion (TV, radio, machine, engine, apparatus, etc.)
* (active voice, transitive, + short pronoun) to let (me, it, etc.) go/be; to redeem or deliver (me, it, etc.) from (illness, pain, teeth, fever, etc.)
    Synonym: lë
* (active voice, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd person) to pulls, draw out; to spread (around); to create
    Synonyms: nxjerr, krijon
* (active voice, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd person) to shed (tears), to weep, to water (when associated with liquids)
    Synonyms: loton, lotoj, qaj, ujtis, vadit, vadis, ujit, ujis
    Më lëshojnë sytë lot. ― My eyes shed tears.
* (active voice, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd person) to discharge, emit, launch (sound, smell, odor, smoke, fire, etc.)
    Synonyms: emetoj, pëlcas, rrezatoj, nxjerr, fut, hedh, shkarkoj, vërvit
* (active voice, transitive, figurative, mainly 3rd person) to blossom, to open up, to germinate, to spread (flowers, trees, plants, roots)
    Synonyms: çel, hap, përhap
* (active voice, transitive, figurative) to aim, point; to throwat/towards; to fire at (words, objects or arms thrown or aimed at something/someone)
* (active voice, transitive, figuratuve, third person, + short pronouns) to not work; to be impotent, unable to (see/walk/hear, etc.); to lose
    Associated with amputated or paralyzed body parts; abnormality/impairment in the function of specified bodily organ/system. Lost memory, ability, strength, power
* (active voice, intransitive, colloquial, third person) to release (bees)
    Synonym: luzmon
* (active voice, intransitive) to grant, give, hand out (concession, licence, permission, approval)

#### Conjugation

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#### Derived terms

* lëshohem (passive)
* lëshim m (gerund)
* lëshuar (participle)
** sylëshuar
* lëshues m, lëshuese f
** felëshues m, felëshuese f
** ujëlëshues m

### See also

* le (“let”) (jussive particle)
* lë (“to let (behind); leave”) (active)
* lihem (passive)
* lënë (lërë)
* leje f
* lejim m
* lirë

### References

* ↑ Camarda, Demetrio (1864) Saggio di grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese (in Italian), Livorno: Successore di Egisto Vignozzi, page 215
* ↑ Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “lëshoj”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, page 310
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëshoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 255
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëshoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 214-215
* ↑ Camarda, Demetrio (1864) Saggio di grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese (in Italian), Livorno: Successore di Egisto Vignozzi, page 86
* ↑ Meyer, G. (1891) “lëshoj”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 244
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëshoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
* ↑ Miklosich, Franz (1871) Die romanischen Elemente im Albanischen (Albanische Forschungen; 2), Vienna, page 35