padit

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, ultimately either from Proto-Slavic *pàdati (“fall”) whence Serbo-Croatian nà-padati／на̀-падати (“to attack”)[1][2] or from Proto-Slavic *pǫditi (“to chase”) whence Macedonian пади (padi, “to chase out”).[3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /paˈdit/

Verb

padit (aorist padita, participle paditur) (transitive)

  1. (law) to sue, file a lawsuit
  2. to accuse
    Synonym: kallëzoj

Derived terms
  • padi
  • paditës
  • paditje
  • paditur

References
  1. Meyer, G. (1891) “padís, padít”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 317
  2. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “padis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 307–308
  3. Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 182
  4. Omari, Anila (2012) “padit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 215–216

Further reading
  • “padit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “padit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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