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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From fajtoj + -or.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fajtor (feminine fajtore)
- guilty (also law)
- Antonym: i pafajshëm
Noun
fajtor m (plural fajtorë)
- culprit, offender (also law)
- criminal, wrongdoer
- (archaic) sinner
- Synonyms: mëkatar, gjynahqar
- 1731, Nektarios Terpos, on a fresco in Ardenica Monastery:
Βήργκηνα Μάμε ἐπεραντίσι οὐρὼ πρα νὲε φαϊτόρατο- [Virgjënë Mamë e Perëndisë, uro prë nē fajtorëtë]
- Virgin Mother of God, pray for us sinners
1761, Elbasan Gospel Manuscript, page 56, lines 6–7:𐔓𐔀 𐔛𐔇 𐔗𐔀𐔒𐔈𐔝𐔇. / 𐔛𐔇 𐔏𐔢 𐔕𐔇𐔙𐔍 𐔉𐔀𐔎𐔝𐔢𐔀𐔙 𐔈𐔜𐔝𐔈.- na se pamëte. / se ky njeri fajtyar është.
- We do not know if this man is a sinner.
Derived terms
References
- “fajtor”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 446a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “fajtuer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 100a