aftë
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See also: afte
Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aft, from Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀυτμή (autmḗ, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”)),[1] meaning to have will, to have power or breath to do something. Alternatively from Latin aptus.[2][3][4]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
i aftë m (feminine e aftë, masculine plural të aftë, feminine plural të afta)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “aftë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “aftë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 77
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211