parë

See also: pare, Pare, paré, parè, pâre, parê, päre, and parę

Albanian

Albanian ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : një     Ordinal : parë

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *paru, from Proto-Indo-European *prh₂-u- (“first”), from *per- (“in front, before”). Compare Sanskrit पूर्व (pū́rva-, “former, front”), Old Church Slavonic prьvъ (prĭvŭ, “first”), Tocharian B parwe.

Adjective

i parë (feminine plural të para)

1. first
2. main, principal, primary, chief

Related terms

• para

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *par-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *pr̥H-e/o-s (“before, in front”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πάρος (páros, “earlier, forward”), Sanskrit पुरस् (purás, “forward, ahead, in front”).

Adverb

parë

1. beforehand, first, previously

Participle

parë (masculine adjectival i parë, feminine singular e parë, masculine plural të parë, feminine plural të para)

1. participle of shoh