afërt

Albanian

Etymology

From afër (close, nearby) + -t (noun/adjective suffix).

Noun

afërt n (plural afërt, definite afërti/i afërt, afërta/e afërta)

  1. a related person, language, etc.
  2. relative, kinsman, kinswoman
  3. connected due to close, near distance, relation
  • afërt (n.), i afërt (m.), e afërt (f.)
    • relative, kinsman, kinswoman
  • e afërta (f./sg.), të afërta (f./sg.)
    • the kinswoman, the kinswomen

Adjective

i afërt

  1. related, akin, cognate, kindred, consanguineous
  2. allied, connected
  • njerëzit e afërt
    • the related people
  • gjuhë të afërta
    • related languages

Further reading

  • “afërt”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
  • afërt”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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