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një

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See also: nje, -nje, and nje-

Albanian

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Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : një
    Ordinal : parë

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Albanian nja, from Proto-Albanian *ni̯á-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *mi̯á-, from Proto-Indo-European *smii̯o- (“a, an”), from Proto-Indo-European *s(e)mih₂ or Proto-Indo-European *smii̯ah₂. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). According to Neri, the etymology connecting një to *h₁óynos is problematic, as it assumes an unknown pronomial element at the initial sound and also does not explain the stem *ni̯á- without a final nasal.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (Tosk dialects) IPA(key): [ɲə], [ɲi], [ɲɜ]
  • (Gheg dialects) IPA(key): [ɲa], [ɲo], [ɲi], [ni], [i]

Numeral

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një

  1. one

Article

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një

  1. the indefinite article; a, an
    Dua një gotë ujë.
    I want a glass of water.

Derived terms

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References

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