vathë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *au̯aϑā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes- (“to dwell, abide, pass/stay the night”). Cognate to Sanskrit वास (vāsá-, “sojourn, stay, spending the night”), प्रौष्ठ (próṣṭha-, “lodging”).[1] Alternatively from an unattested *vartë, from Proto-Albanian *wartā, close to Tocharian B wärto (“garten”), Irish fert (“grave mound”), Old English weorð (“yard”).[2]

Noun

vathë m (plural vathe, definite vatha, definite plural vathet)

  1. (sheep) fold, pen, cote (fenced area, in which the small cattle is herded together for the night)

Declension

Declension of vathë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vathë vatha vatha vathat
accusative vathën
dative vathe vathës vathave vathave
ablative vathash

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 412
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vathë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 496
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