vetë

See also: vete, veté, and vête

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *swetā, from Proto-Indo-European *su̯e-t- (“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. Close related to Messapic veinan (“his, one's”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [vɛt]

Noun

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

  1. self
  2. person

Declension
Declension of vetë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative vetë veta veta vetat
accusative vetën
dative vete vetave vetës vetavet
ablative vetash
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