padit
Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pǫditi ("to chase") or Bulgarian пъдъ (pǎd) ("to chase, cast out; to slander"). Compare Macedonian пади (padi) and Serbo-Croatian puditi ("to cast out, to expel, to persecute").[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paˈdit/
Verb
padit (first-person singular past tense porosita, participle porositur)
- (transitive) I sue, to take legal action
- (transitive) I tell on
Synonyms
- kallëzoj
Derived terms
- padi
- paditës
References
- Omari, Anila (2012), "padit", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 215-216