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mby'll|ur I§ adj (i) 1 closed 2 closed-off; private; (of a person) introverted 3 having a cover/roof: covered 4 (of colors) deep and dark 5 (of weather) overcast II§ adv in a closed condition: closed • i mbyllur në kuti [Pej] shut off from the world mbys| stem for 1st sg pres, pl pres, 2nd & 3rd sg subj, pind < mbyt· mbyt· vt 1 to kill [ ] by depriving of breath: choke, strangle; smother, suffocate 2 to stifle 3 to drown 4 [Fig] to overwhelm/drown [ ] (with an excess); drown out [ ] 5 to sink/scuttle [a boat] 6 to kill [animal/insect pests] by spraying 7 [Reg] to kill [ ] by striking 8 [Colloq] to beat [ ] up; beat [ ] to death 9 [Colloq] to plant [a cutting/root/sprout] in the ground 10 to saturate • mbyt· kafe [Reg Tir] to make coffee • s'e mbyt·past macen [Iron] "did not strangle the cat" not have taken control from the beginning (by symbolically strangling a cat); be henpecked • [ ] mbyt· që në bark/vezë "stifle [ ] in the womb/egg" to nip [ ] in the bud