pecetë
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پچته (peçete).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pecetë f (plural pecéta, definite pecéta, definite plural pecétat)
- napkin, serviette
- Synonym: pecë
- handkerchief
- Synonym: shami
- (colloquial) towel
- Synonyms: peshqir, havlli (colloquial, archaic)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pecetë | peceta | peceta | pecetat |
| accusative | pecetën | |||
| dative | pecete | pecetës | pecetave | pecetave |
| ablative | pecetash | |||
Further reading
[edit]- “pecetë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “pecetë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 352