gjykatë

Albanian

Etymology

Either borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin jūdicata, or a suffixed form of gjykoj; gjykoj +‎ -atë.[1] Compare Romanian judecată.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɟyˈkaːt/

Noun

gjykatë f (plural gjykata, definite gjykata, definite plural gjykatat)

  1. court
  2. judicial body
  3. disaster

Declension

Declension of gjykatë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gjykatë gjykata gjykata gjykatat
accusative gjykatën
dative gjykate gjykatës gjykatave gjykatave
ablative gjykatash

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “gjykatë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 605