vetë

See also: vete, veté, and vête

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *swetā, from Proto-Indo-European *swet- (“self; one's own”), from *swé; compare Lithuanian svetỹs (“foreigner”), Russian сват (svat, “matchmaker; father-in-law”), Attic Greek ἔτης (étēs, “relative, friend”), Elean Greek ϝέτας (wétas). Related to u. Closely related to Messapic veinan (“his, one's”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɛt]

Noun

vetë f (plural veta, definite veta, definite plural vetat)

1. self
2. person

Declension

Declension of vetë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vetë	veta	veta	vetat
accusative		vetën
dative	veteje	vetës	vetave	vetave
ablative			vetash

Related terms

• veta e parë
• veta e dytë
• veta e tretë