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latë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *laptā, from Proto-Indo-European *leh2p- (to be flat, even; shovel). Cognate to Lithuanian lopetà (shovel) and Old Prussian lopto (spade).[1]

Noun

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latë f (plural latë, definite lata, definite plural latët)

  1. (kind of) hatchet, axe, chopper

Declension

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Declension of latë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative latë lata latë latët
accusative latën
dative late latës latëve latëve
ablative latësh

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi