shitoj

Albanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *saettare (“to shoot arrows”), from Latin sagittāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiˈtɔj/

Verb

shitoj (aorist shitova, participle shituar) (transitive, northern Gheg)

1. (third person, mythology) a fate (zanë or orë punishes, petrifies or paralyzes a person when they cause them disturbance

   Të shitoftë zana! ― May the fate kill you! (optative, curse)

2. (regional) to strike, smite, hit, afflict, wound
3. (regional, figurative) to injure, shoot to death
4. (intransitive, figurative) to get enraged, mad

   Synonym: shkalloj

Synonyms

• shuplak

Derived terms

• shitë
• shitim
• shitues

Further reading

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “shitoj”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 477
• “shitoj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980