fajtor

Albanian

Alternative forms

• fajtuer — Gheg
• falëtuar — southern Tosk

Etymology

From fajtoj +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fajˈtoɾ/
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Adjective

fajtor (feminine fajtore)

1. guilty (also law)

   Antonym: i pafajshëm

Noun

fajtor m (plural fajtorë)

1. culprit, offender (also law)
2. criminal, wrongdoer
3. (archaic) sinner

   Synonyms: mëkatar, gjynahqar

   • 1731, Nektarios Terpos, on a fresco in Ardenica Monastery:

     Βήργκηνα Μάμε ἐπεραντίσι οὐρὼ πρα νὲε φαϊτόρατο

     [Virgjënë Mamë e Perëndisë, uro prë nē fajtorëtë]

     Virgin Mother of God, pray for us sinners

   • 1761, Elbasan Gospel Manuscript, page 56, lines 6–7:

     𐔓𐔀 𐔛𐔇 𐔗𐔀𐔒𐔈𐔝𐔇. / 𐔛𐔇 𐔏𐔢 𐔕𐔇𐔙𐔍 𐔉𐔀𐔎𐔝𐔢𐔀𐔙 𐔈𐔜𐔝𐔈.

     na se pamëte. / se ky njeri fajtyar është.

     We do not know if this man is a sinner.

Derived terms

• bashkëfajtor

 

References

• “fajtor”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 446a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “fajtuer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 100a