Albanian edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

përfitoj (aorist përfitova, participle përfituar)

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

Conjugation edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  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 edit

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