grabit
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic грабити (grabiti), Serbo-Croatian grabiti (“to grab, to sieze”) and Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to plunder”). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *grabiti (“to grab, to sieze”).[1][2][3]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
grabit (aorist grabita, participle grabitur)
- to seize, rob, steal
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
- Me ta bashkë të jemi grabitunë.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to encroach, violate someone's rights
- (figurative) to attract
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References edit
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “grabit”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 562
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “grabit”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
- ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “grabit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 146