avit

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from South Slavic,[1][2] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *aviti (“to show, (reflexive) to show oneself, appear”), whence Old Church Slavonic авити (aviti), Serbo-Croatian jáviti／ја́вити.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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avit (aorist avita, participle avitur)

  1. (transitive) to bring close, near
    Synonym: afroj
  2. (transitive) to allow to approach
    Synonym: qas
  3. (mediopassive) See avitem.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 21
  2. ^ Omari, Anila (2012) “avit”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, pages 95–96

Further reading

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  • “avit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “avit”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2] (in Albanian), 1980
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