imtë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • imë, imёt

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *īs-mos, cognate with Sanskrit ईषत् (īṣat, “a little, slightly”), Latvian īss,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *is (“a little”).

Adjective

i imtë (feminine plural të imtë)

  1. tiny, small, fine (of sand etc)

Derived terms

Noun

ímtë f (plural ímta, definite ímta, definite plural ímtat)

  1. very short time, an instant; a minute, second
    Synonyms: minutë, sekondë, çast

Declension

Declension of imtë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative imtë imta imta imtat
accusative imtën
dative imte imtës imtave imtave
ablative imtash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “imtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 155

Further reading

  • “imtë”, 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
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