aftë

See also: afte

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin aptus.[1][2][3]

Alternatively but less likely from Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀυτμή (autmḗ, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”)),[4] meaning 'to have will, have power or breath to do something'.

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /ˈaftə/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /ˈaft/

Adjective

i aftë (feminine plural të afta)

  1. able, proficient, skilled

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “aftë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
  2. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “aftë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 77
  3. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211
  4. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “aftë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
  • “aftë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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