atë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ate"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• atën — Gheg
• āt — northwestern Gheg

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *ata, from Proto-Indo-European *átta, whence also Hittite 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas), Ancient Greek ἄττα (átta), Latin atta, Proto-Slavic *otьcь, and similar Lallwörter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatə/, [äːt(ɜ)]

Noun

atë m (plural etër, definite ati, definite plural etërit)

1. father

   Synonyms: apë, babë (“dad, daddy”), baba (“the dad(ddy)”), babai (“id”), tatë (“father, dad”), tata (“the father, the dad”)

Declension

Declension of atë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	atë	ati	etër	etërit
accusative		atin
dative	eti	atit	etërve	etërve
ablative			etërish

Derived terms

• atdhe
• atëror
• atësi
• atëvrasje

Related terms

• (Religion) Ati ynë (“Lord's Prayer”)

Etymology 2

See ato and ata.

Alternative forms

• at, até — Gheg dialects
• atênê — southern Gheg, Kavajë

Pronunciation

• (southern Gheg, Kavajë) IPA^(key): [atɛ̃nɛ̃]

Pronoun

atë

1. it, that, him, her (accusative)

Further reading

• Jungg, G. (1895), “aat”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[3], 1980
• Orel, Vladimir (1998), “atë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 11
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “atë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[4], Oxford: Oxford University Press
• “atë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Kamkata-viri

Alternative forms

• atu (Western, Northeastern)

Etymology

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hantár, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér.

Adverb

atë́ (Southeastern)

1. in