grabit

Albanian

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾaˈbit/

Verb

grabit (first-person singular past tense grabita, participle grabitur)

  1. I seize, rob, steal
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
      Me ta bashkë të jemi grabitunë.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
  2. I encroach, violate someone's rights
  3. (figurative) I attract

Synonyms
  • rrëmbej, plaçkit, marr

Derived terms
  • grabitës, grabitqar

References
  1. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “grabit”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 562
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 121
  3. Omari, Anila (2012), “grabit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 146
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