patë
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"
Etymology 1
A cultural Wanderwort attested in Slavic and in Romance Languages (cf. Spanish pata, Serbo-Croatian pátak).[1] Possibly related to Sanskrit पतग (pataga, “bird”). See also Old Armenian բադ (bad).
Pronunciation
Noun
patë f (plural páta, definite páta, definite plural pátat)
Declension
Declension of patë
Derived terms
- patok (“male goose”)
- lule pate (“star-of-Bethlehem”)
- patë e detit (“cormorant”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *patā, related to petë.
Noun
patë f (plural páta, definite páta, definite plural pátat)
Declension
Declension of patë
Related terms
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “patë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 312-313
Further reading
- “patë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “patë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “patë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 356
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