lëgatë
See also: legate
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Also lëngatë under the influence of lëng ~ lang. From Proto-Albanian *leugatā, related to Illyrian *Lougeon (Strabo 7.43), Lithuanian liūgas (“marsh”), Proto-Slavic *luža (“pool”). Analyzable as lag + -at(ë).[1]
Noun
[edit]lëgatë f (plural lëgata, definite lëgata, definite plural lëgatat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | lëgatë | lëgata | lëgata | lëgatat |
| accusative | lëgatën | |||
| dative | lëgate | lëgatës | lëgatave | lëgatave |
| ablative | lëgatash | |||
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëgatë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 221
Further reading
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “lëgatë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “lëgatë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 243