qëmoti

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • qemoti

Etymology

From që (“when, where”) +‎ mot (“era, times”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cəˈmoti/
  • Rhymes: -oti
  • Hyphenation: që‧mó‧ti

Adverb

qëmoti

  1. (noun, definite, singular only) ancient, old times, antiquity
    Synonyms: antikitet, lashtësi
  2. once upon a time, formerly, of yore, anciently
    Synonyms: qëkur, dikur

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “qëmoti”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “qemo-tí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 413
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