vetë

See also: vete, veté, and vête

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *swetā, from Proto-Indo-European *swet- (“self; one's own”), from *swé; compare Lithuanian svetỹs (“foreigner”), Russian сват (svat, “matchmaker; father-in-law”), Attic Greek ἔτης (étēs, “relative, friend”), Elean Greek ϝέτας (wétas). Related to u. Closely related to Messapic veinan (“his, one's”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɛtə/, [vɛt]

Noun

vetë f (plural veta, definite veta, definite plural vetat)

  1. self
  2. person

Declension

Declension of vetë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vetë veta veta vetat
accusative vetën
dative vete vetës vetave vetave
ablative vetash

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “vetë”, 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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