afat

Albanian

Etymology

Uncertain.

Gustav Meyer didn't include it in his dictionary. Eqrem Çabej attempts a derivation from Turkish and affirms it is a relatively new word. Vladimir Orel, probably conviced by Eqrem Çabej-s proposal, ignores it. Ardian Vehbiu, who usually does not deal with etymologies, proposes a derivation from the Italian expression va fatto and compares it to the Albanian word apostafat, which comes from the Italian apposta fatto.

A formation from Proto-Albanian *apo-t-is, based on Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“away, off”), with the labial plosive followed by back vowel yielding -f- (cf. avull, afër), and -is-, as well as -os-, yielding zero in unstressed position. Cognate to Proto-Germanic *aftiz (“again”) (whence Old English eftesoons (“again, soon”) > English after). Related to afër. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈfat/
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

afat m (plural afate, definite afati, definite plural afatet)

1. period, deadline

Declension

Declension of afat

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	afat	afati	afate	afatet
accusative		afatin
dative	afati	afatit	afateve	afateve
ablative			afatesh

Related terms

• afër

Further reading

• “afat”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980
• “afat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006