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)

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

Derived terms

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

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