mbjell

Albanian

Possibly from n- +‎ pjell (“to beget, bear”), which originally might have meant something akin to “to push”.

mbjell (aorist mbolla, participle mbjellë) (transitive)

to sow, plant
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, Matthew 13:24, page 39r, lines 64–65:
  gneh ni/erii ћi enbiell: fare teh mire: en dare teh
  [një nierī qi ënbiell farë të mirë ënd arë të]
  a man who sows good seeds on his field
(figurative) to disperse, scatter, disseminate
Synonyms: shpërndaj, përhap

Mbillte frikë.
It disseminated fear.
(figurative) to lose
Synonym: humb

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