Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *k(')eid- (to fall, fall upon).[1] Compare Old Norse hitta (to strike, meet), Latin caedō (fall), Old English hittan (to meet with, come upon, fall in with).

Verb edit

qit (qis) (aorist qita, participle qitur)

  1. (active voice, transitive) to pull out (weapon); to draw out
  2. (active voice, transitive) to throw/kick out
  3. (active voice, transitive) to shoot (with a gun, rifle, cannon); to hit

Verb edit

qítet (aorist u qit, participle qitur) (only 3rd person sg./pl.)

  1. (passive voice, impersonal) it goes out / they go out
  2. (passive voice, impersonal, colloquial) it is given / they are given

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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 qit (or. qis) • Fjalor Shqip
  • [2] passive (impersonal) verb qitet/qítet (sg.) - qiten/qíten (pl.) (only 3rd pers.) • Fjalor Shqip