bagëti

Albanian

Alternative forms

bakti

Etymology

Based on an unattested adjective derived from Proto-Slavic *bogatъ (“rich”) or going back to the otherwise unregistered Proto-Slavic *bogatьje (“richness”).^[1] According to Topalli, the final -i is a native suffix.^[2] Compare related adjective i/e begatë.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baɡ(ə)ˈti/

Noun

bagëti f (plural bagëti, definite bagëtia, definite plural bagëtitë)

cattle, livestock
Synonym: gjedh
idiot

Declension

Declension of bagëti

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bagëti	bagëtia	bagëti	bagëtitë
accusative	bagëti	bagëtinë	bagëti	bagëtitë
dative	bagëtie	bagëtisë	bagëtive	bagëtive
ablative	bagëtie	bagëtisë	bagëtish	bagëtive

References

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bagëti”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 14
^ Topalli, K. (2017) “bagëti”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 156

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

[1] Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bagëti”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 14

[2] Topalli, K. (2017) “bagëti”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 156

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