dritë

See also: drite

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *driktā, from Proto-Indo-European *dŕ̥ḱtis (“sight, vision; appearance”) +‎ *-éh₂ (thematic feminine ending), from the root *derḱ- (“to see”). Cognate with Sanskrit दृष्टि (dṛ́ṣṭi, “sight, vision, aspect”) and Avestan 𐬛𐬀𐬭𐬱𐬙𐬌𐬯 (darštis, “sight”); further compare Old English torht (“clear, bright”) from the same root.

From Proto-Albanian *drit(t)a- < earlier *dritˢtā- < Proto-Indo-European *dŕ̥ḱtó- (“visible, bright”), from the root *derḱ- (“to see”).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdɾitə/

Noun

dritë f (plural drita, definite drita, definite plural dritat)

(physics) light
light (such as a lamp)

Declension

Declension of **dritë**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dritë	drita	drita	dritat
accusative	dritë	dritën	drita	dritat
dative	drite	dritës	dritave	dritave
ablative	drite	dritës	dritash	dritave

Related terms

dritare
drite
dritëz
ndrij
ndritshëm
ndritur
shndritshëm
tejshndritshëm

References

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

Further reading

“dritë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980