selit

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from South Slavic. Compare Bulgarian се сели (se seli, settle down).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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selit (aorist selita, participle selitur)

  1. to plant, cultivate
  2. to colonise, settle
    Synonym: kolonizoj
  3. to instill

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) “selit”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 233

Further reading

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  • “selit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980