shkas
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *skatja. Cognate to Latin scateō (“to stream, to flow out”), Lithuanian skantù, skàsti (“to spring, to jump”) and perhaps to Ancient Greek σκάξω (skáxō, “to be lame”)[1].
Verb
shkas (first-person singular past tense shkita, participle shkarë)
- to slip, slide; motive, pretext
Derived terms
- shkazmë
Related terms
- shkak
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.418