-atë

Albanian

Etymology

Found suffixed exclusively to verbs loaned from Latin verbs in the first conjugation, -ō, -āre, hence likely itself borrowed from Latin -āta n pl (“-ed things”). Compare gjykatë (“court”), akin to Romanian judecată (“judgement; court”), and note also Italian -ata often used found in the same deverbal scope.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈatə/

Suffix

-atë f

1. Forms nouns from verbs, chiefly action nouns and result nouns.

   Synonym: -im

   ‎kafshoj (“to bite”) + ‎-atë → ‎kafshatë (“bite”)

   ‎kungoj (“to give communion”) + ‎-atë → ‎kungatë (“Eucharist”).

   ‎dhuroj (“to give”) + ‎-atë → ‎dhuratë (“gift”)

   ‎mërgoj (“to emigrate”) + ‎-atë → ‎mërgatë (“diaspora”)

   ‎lëvdoj (“to praise”) + ‎-atë → ‎lëvdatë (“praise”)

   ‎liroj (“to free”) + ‎-atë → ‎liratë (“freedom, permission”)

Derived terms

Albanian terms suffixed with -atë

dhuratë

gjykatë

mërgatë

shkërdhatë

Further reading

• Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎^[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN
• Kulla, Ariola (2010) The Albanian Linguistic Journey from Ancient Illyricum to EU: Lexical Borrowings‎^[2], Linköping University, Department of Culture and Communication, pages 21–29