atë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ate"

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • atën (Gheg)
  • āt (NW Gheg)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *ata, from Proto-Indo-European *átta, whence also Hittite 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas), Ancient Greek ἄττα (átta), Latin atta, Proto-Slavic *otьcь, and similar Lallwörter.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈatə/, [äːt(ɜ)]

Noun

atë m (plural etër, definite ati, definite plural etërit)

  1. father
Declension
Declension of atë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative atë etër ati etërit
accusative atin
dative eti etërve atit etërvet
ablative etërish
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • (Religion) Ati ynë (“Lord's Prayer”)

Etymology 2

See ato.

Pronoun

atë

  1. it, that, him, her (accusative)

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83

Further reading
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “aat”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
  • “atë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “atë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 11
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “atë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
  • “atë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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