ysht

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *awi-sta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (“bird”) and *steh₂- (“to stand”). Originally meaning 'to foretell according to birds, to augur'. Compare Latin augurāre and auspicāre.[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

ysht (aorist yshta, participle yshtur)

  1. to cast spells, to bewitch
  2. (dysphemistic) make someone blindly follow your orders
    Mos e ysht në rrugë të gabuar! ― Do not lead him down the wrong path!

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ysht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

Further reading

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