qit

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

qit (qis) (first-person singular past tense qita, participle qitur)

  1. (active, transitive) I pull out (weapon); I draw out
  2. (active, transitive) I throw/kick out
  3. (active, transitive) I shoot (with a gun, rifle, cannon); I hit

qítet (first-person singular past tense u qit, participle qitur) (only 3rd person sg./pl.)

  1. (passive, impersonal) it goes out / they go out
  2. (passive, impersonal, colloquial) it is given / they are given

Conjugation

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • qitet
  • qitur
  • qitje
  • qitës
  • shqit (shqis)
  • paraqit (paraqes)
    • paraqitem
    • paraqitur
    • paraqitje
    • paraqitës, paraqitëse
  • rrëshqas, rrëshqit (rrëshqitas, rrëshqitazi)
    • rrëshqitur
    • rrëshqitje
    • rrëshqitë
    • rrëshqitës, rrëshqitëse

References

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

Further reading

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