shitoj

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Albanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *saettare (to shoot arrows), from Latin sagittāre.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

shitoj (aorist shitova, participle shituar) (transitive, northern Gheg)

  1. (third person, mythology) a fate (zanë or orë punishes, petrifies or paralyzes a person when they cause them disturbance
    shitoftë zana!May the fate kill you! (optative, curse)
  2. (regional) to strike, smite, hit, afflict, wound
  3. (regional, figurative) to injure, shoot to death
  4. (intransitive, figurative) to get enraged, mad
    Synonym: shkalloj

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References

  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shitoj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1387

Further reading

  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “shitoj”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 477
  • “shitoj”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980