cys

See also: Cys

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • cyt

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšūtja, from *kju-t-jo, from Proto-Indo-European *kei- (“to set in motion”) (compare Ancient Greek σεύω (seúō, “to chase (away), rush, incite”), Latin ciēre).[1]

Verb

cys (first-person singular past tense cyta, participle cytë)

  1. to poke, prod, goad
  2. (figuratively) to spur on, incite, provoke
  3. (figuratively) to stir up, instigate

Derived terms

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), 116.
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