fajtor
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fajtor (feminine fajtore)
- guilty (also law)
- Antonym: i pafajshëm
Noun
[edit]fajtor m (plural fajtorë)
- culprit, offender (also law)
- criminal, wrongdoer
- (archaic) sinner
- 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.
- 1731, Nektarios Terpos, on a fresco in Ardenica Monastery:
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “fajtor”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 446a
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “fajtuer”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 100a