ysht

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *awi-sta, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis (bird) and *steh₂- (to stand). Originally meaning 'to foretell according to birds, to augur'. Compare Latin augurāre and auspicāre.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /yʃt/

Verb

ysht (aorist yshta, participle yshtur) (transitive)

  1. to cast spells, to bewitch
  2. (dysphemistic) make someone blindly follow your orders
    Mos e ysht në rrugë të gabuar!Do not lead him down the wrong path!

Conjugation

  • yshtës
  • yshtëse
  • yshtar (wizard, sorcerer)
  • yshtari (wizardry, sorcery)
  • yshtje (utterance of magic)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ysht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 519

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • ysht”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ysht”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]