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padit

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Verb

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padit (aorist padita, participle paditur) (transitive)

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

Derived terms

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References

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  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)‎[1], 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

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  • 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]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980