mëkat
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See also: mekat
Albanian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Old Albanian kat (Buzuku), also attested as mkatë (Budi) and mpkat (Bogdani), from Latin peccātum (“sin, error, fault”).[1][2] The origin of the initial nasal is unclear, yet it could either reflect the native preposition më (“in, on, at”) (earlier mbë, ëmbë), or be from a learned influence via Latin peccātum. Phonological development of earliest form kat from *peccátu- > *pëkát > *pkát > kat.[3]
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Noun[edit]
mëkat m (plural mëkate, definite mëkati, definite plural mëkatet)
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References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëkat”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 258
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “mëkat”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 976
- ^ Matzinger, Joachim (2006) Der Altalbanische Text Mbsuame e Krështerë (Dottrina Cristiana) des Lekë Matrënga von 1592, Dettelbach: J. H. Röll, pages 158-159