pesë

See also: pese, pesé, pése, and pèse

Albanian

Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : pesë

Alternative forms

  • pêsë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pẽnsi, from *péntsi, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *penče, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Proto-Slavic *pętь, Latin quīnque, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɛs(ə)/

Numeral

pesë

  1. five

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 218
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “pesë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
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