nxit

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • nxis

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *džita, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷī (“to live”). Cognate to Sanskrit जीवति (jīvati), Latin vīvō, Old English cwicu (“alive, living”) (cf. English quick)[1].

Verb

nxit (first-person singular past tense nxita, participle nxitur)

  1. to urge, to stimulate, to hurry

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 73
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