Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian profittare (to profit, earn).[1] Semantically likely conflated with Italian approfittare (to take advantage, exploit) as well.

Verb

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përfitoj (aorist përfitova, participle përfituar)

  1. (transitive) to gain, benefit, profit
    Synonyms: fitoj, kam dobi
  2. to take advantage of, exploit [with nga]
    Synonym: shfrytëzoj

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “fitóń”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 106

Further reading

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  • “përfitoj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980