Tejkalimi

Tejkalimi is a noun in Albanian that denotes the act of surpassing, crossing, or exceeding a boundary, limit, or norm. The term derives from the verb tejkaloj ("to overstep" or "to exceed") and the noun-forming suffix -imi, yielding tejkalimi for the definite form "the overstep" and tejkalim for the indefinite form.

In everyday language, tejkalimi can refer to physical crossing, such as crossing a border, or to figurative exceedance, such as violating rules, ethical norms, or expectations. It is used in journalism, legal discussion, and literary contexts to describe actions that go beyond accepted limits.

Common collocations include tejkalimi i kufijve (crossing borders), tejkalimi i ligjit (overstepping the law), and tejkalimi i mundësive (surmounting or exceeding opportunities). The nuance is generally negative when the context implies violation, though it can be neutral or even positive when describing surpassing prior achievements or limits in a constructive sense.

Tejkalimi is primarily an Albanian-language term, and while it may appear in translations, its precise usage reflects Albanian syntactic conventions. In translation, the closest English equivalents are "overstep", "transgression", or "exceeding".

See also: Transgression, Boundary crossing, Exceedance.