shqit

Albanian

Etymology

sh- (out, ex-) + qit (hit, pull, throw) (qit from Proto-Indo-European *k(')eid- (to fall, fall upon));[1] see Albanian qit (I hit, throw, pull, etc.) for more

Verb

shqit (shqis) (first-person singular past tense shqita, participle shqitur)

  1. (active, transitive) I remove, tear up/away
    Synonyms: heq, shkëput, shqyej, çjerr, gris
    Antonyms: qit, ngjit, bashkoj
  2. (active, transitive) I take away, detach, extort, snatch
    Synonyms: shkëput, zhvat
  3. (active, transitive, figurative) I separate; I solve (a problem), find a solution

shqítem (first-person singular past tense u shqita, participle shqitur)

  1. (passive, reflexive) I remove myself, tear/pull myself (up/away); I separate myself
  2. (passive, figurative) I get tired; I am breaking; I stopp (talking, walking, etc.)
    Synonym: këputem

Conjugation

  • shqitem
  • shqitur
  • shqitje
  • shqitës, shqitëse
  • rrëshqas
  • rrëshqit (rrëshqitas, rrëshqitazi)
  • rrëshqitur
  • rrëshqitë
  • rrëshqitës, rrëshqitëse
  • rrëshqitje
  • qit (qis)
  • qitet
  • qitur, qitura
  • qitje
  • qitës, qitëse

References

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

Further reading

  • active verb shqit (or shqis) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
  • passive verb shqitem/shqítem • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
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