qytet

Albanian

Tirana in Albania (2007)

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cīvitātem, with loss of the -v-. Compare Romanian cetate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cyˈtɛt/, [cɕyˈtɛt]

Noun

qytet m (plural qytete, definite qyteti, definite plural qytetet)

1. city, particularly (politics, historical) as a former administrative level

   Synonyms: horë, garth i bëshëm

2. citizenry, the people of a city

Declension

Declension of qytet

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	qytet	qyteti	qytete	qytetet
accusative		qytetin
dative	qyteti	qytetit	qyteteve	qyteteve
ablative			qytetesh

Hypernyms

• fshat i bashkuar (historical)

Derived terms

• qytet i përjetshëm

Related terms

• qytetar
• qytetas
• qytetëri
• qytetëroj, qytetërohem
  • qytetërim
  • i qytetëruar
• qyteti i një mijë dritareve

See also

• bashki
• fshat
• katund
• komunë

Further reading

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