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shqit

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Albanian

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Etymology

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

Verb

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shqit (shqis) (aorist shqita, participle shqitur)

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

Conjugation

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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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  • shqit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shqit”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]