qit

Albanian

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

  1. to hit, throw, pull out, release
Antonyms
  • shqit
Derived terms
  • qitje
  • qitës

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