veçantë

Albanian

Etymology

From veç +‎ -antë, the first element a widespread colloquial form of vetëm (“only”), from vetë (“self”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɛˈtʃant(ə)/

Adjective

i veçantë (feminine plural të veçanta)

  1. specific, particular
  2. unique; peculiar, distinctive

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Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “veçantë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “veçantë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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