jetë

See also: jete and jeté

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *eta, related to the isolated group (substrate) of Greek ἐτεός (eteós, “true, real”), ἐτάζω (etázō, “to test”).[1] Related to the participial form of jam and to eshë (“period of time, span, space”). See also Latin aetas (whence Aromanian etã), considered by some to be the source of the Albanian word,[2] but this is uncertain.

Noun

jetë f (plural jetë, definite jeta, definite plural jetët)

  1. life
Declension
Declension of jetë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative jetë jetë jeta jetët
accusative jetën
dative jete jetëve jetës jetëvet
ablative jetësh
Derived terms

Verb

të jetë

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of jam

Verb

le të jetë

  1. third-person singular present jussive of jam

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “jetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 159
  2. http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~bjoseph/publications/2006balkmetaphor.pdf
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