patë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"

Albanian

Etymology 1

A cultural Wanderwort attested in Slavic and in Romance Languages (cf. Spanish pata, Serbo-Croatian pátak). Possibly related to Sanskrit पतग (pataga, “bird”). See also Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Noun

patë f (plural páta, definite páta, definite plural pátat)

1. goose

Declension

Declension of patë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	patë	pata	pata	patat
accusative		patën
dative	pate	patës	patave	patave
ablative			patash

Derived terms

• patok (“male goose”)
• lule pate (“star-of-Bethlehem”)
• patë e detit (“cormorant”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *patā, related to petë.

Noun

patë f (plural páta, definite páta, definite plural pátat)

1. plectrum

Declension

Declension of patë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	patë	pata	pata	patat
accusative		patën
dative	pate	patës	patave	patave
ablative			patash

Related terms

• petë

Further reading

• “patë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “patë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “patë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 356