selit

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /seˈlit/

Verb

selit (aorist selita, participle selitur) (transitive, colloquial)

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  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

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980