Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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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

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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

Conjugation

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Antonyms

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997

Further reading

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