# zhvesh
## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* desh, dvesh, bdesh — archaic
* zhdesh, zdesh, shdesh — dialectal
* zvesh, svesh, xvesh — dialectal
* çvesh, xhvesh, xhesh — dialectal
* gesh — Calabria
* zhvish — Borgo Erizzo

### Etymology

By surface analysis, zh- +‎ vesh. Considering the earliest attestations have /d/ and lack /v/, the etymology is likely more complex.
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### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʒveʃ/
* Rhymes: -eʃ

### Verb

zhvesh (aorist zhvesha, participle zhveshur) (transitive)
* to undress, disrobe, unclothe
    Antonym: vesh
** 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, VT 1.1.23, page 6, lines 7–10:Cur pra spirti dvèsciunè miscit sè vèt nuκè mundètè me forzètè mèndsè me pam Hȣjnè pa ndihmètè drittèsè lume.[Kur pra shpirti dveshunë mishit së vet nukë mundetë me forcëtë mendsë me pam Hyjnë pa ndihmëtë dritësë lume.]Therefore the soul deprived of its body cannot with the force of its intellect see God without the help of the blessed light.
* to take off, doff (clothes)
    Antonym: vesh
* to remove the outer layer, e.g. to peel (fruit), to skin (animals), etc.
    Synonym: rrjep
    zhvesh telin ― strip the wire
* to deprive of its leaves
** 2018 May 22, “Fenomen i pazakontë në Gramsh / Një orë breshër dëmton bujqësinë”, in ABC News‎, archived from the original on 2023-03-26:Një stuhi breshëri që zgjati për rreth një orë dëmtoi në masë prodhimet bujqësore dhe zhveshi drurët frutorë e vreshta.A hailstorm that lasted for about an hour damaged massively the agricultural products and stripped fruit trees and vineyards.
* to unsheathe, draw, pull out (a sword)
* to dismiss, discharge (from an occupation)
    Synonym: liroj
* (colloquial) to steal from, rob
    Synonyms: grabit, vjedh, plaçkit
* (dialectal) to kill, murder
    Synonym: vras
* (mediopassive) See zhvishem.

#### Conjugation

* Show compound tenses:

#### Related terms

* i pazhveshur
* zhveshës
* zhveshje
* i zhveshur
* zhvishem

### References

* FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 2270a
* Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “2. vesh”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 416
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “zhvesh”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 589a
* Tagliavini, Carlo (1937) “žviš”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 297
* Leotti, Angelo (1916) “zvesh”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 191
* Weigand, Gustav (1914) “zvesh”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 105b
* Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “σβεσ̈”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 367
* Jungg, G. (1895) “ɛdesc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 149a
* Meyer, G. (1891) “2. veš”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 467
* Rossi, F. (1875) “scdèsc”, in Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 1127a
* Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian):
** page 68: “nudare — me sdescune”
** page 158: “spoliare — me bdescune”