Albanian edit

Etymology edit

sh- (out, ex-) +‎ qit (hit, pull, throw) (qit from Proto-Indo-European *k(')eid- (to fall, fall upon));[1] see Albanian qit (to hit, throw, pull, etc.) for more

Verb edit

shqit (shqis) (aorist shqita, participle shqitur)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to remove, tear up/away
    Synonyms: heq, shkëput, shqyej, çjerr, gris
    Antonyms: qit, ngjit, bashkoj
  2. (active voice, transitive) to take away, detach, extort, snatch
    Synonyms: shkëput, zhvat
  3. (active voice, transitive, figurative) to separate; to solve (a problem), find a solution

Verb edit

shqítem (aorist u shqita, participle shqitur)

  1. (passive voice, reflexive) to remove oneself, tear/pull oneself (up/away); to separate oneself
  2. (passive voice, figurative) to get tired; to be breaking; to stopp (talking, walking, etc.)
    Synonym: këputem

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997

Further reading edit

  • [1] active verb shqit (or shqis) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [2] passive verb shqitem/shqítem • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)