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gjashtë

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Albanian

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Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : gjashtë

Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *seksti, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs. Alternatively reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *ɟʲaśtā, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *źeśtā. This then comes from a PIE *séḱs-t-, from *su̯éḱs-t-, a prefixed form of *swéḱs meaning "group of six".[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɟaʃt(ə)/
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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gjashtë

  1. six

References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “gjashtë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]