skalit

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • skalis

Etymology

From s- +‎ kalit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaˈlit/
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Hyphenation: ska‧lít

Verb

skalit (aorist skalíta, participle skalítur) (transitive)

  1. to chisel, to hew
    Synonyms: latoj, thadroj, gdhend
  2. to carve, to sculpt (stone or limestone)
    Synonym: gdhend
  3. to engrave, to incise, to groove (stone, wood or limestone)
    Synonym: gdhend
  4. (figurative) to show something while emphasizing its most important details
  5. (figurative) to imprint, to stick something
    Synonym: ngulit
  6. (regional) to hoe or cultivate the soil
    Synonyms: prashit, çapoj, rrëmoj, lëroj

Conjugation

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • skalit”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “skal-í [] -is”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 452