lëçit

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • lëçis
  • leçis — earlier

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare dialectal Bulgarian лича́ (ličá, “to announce”).

Verb

lëçit (aorist lëçita, participle lëçitur) (archaic, transitive)

  1. to read
    Synonym: lexoj
  2. to announce, declare, publish, preach
    Synonyms: njoftoj, shpall, lajmëroj

Derived terms

  • lëçitës
  • lëçitje

References

  • “lëçít”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 974a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “leçis”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 239b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “lëç-is”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 243a
  • Meyer, G. (1891), “ľetšís”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 242

Further reading

  • Ylli, Xhelal (1997), “leçis”, in Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[2], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 145b
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