afat

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from Proto-Albanian *apo-t-is, based on Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“away, off”), with the labial plosive followed by back vowel yielding -f- (cf. avull, afër), and -is-, as well as -os-, yielding zero in unstressed position. Cognate to Proto-Germanic *aftiz (“again”) (whence Old English eftesoons (“again, soon”) > English after). Related to afër.

Noun

afat m (indefinite plural afate, definite singular afati, definite plural afatet)

period, deadline

Declension

Declension of afat

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	afat	afate	afati	afatet
accusative	afat	afate	afatin	afatet
dative	afati	afateve	afatit	afatevet
ablative	afati	afatesh	afatit	afatevet

Related terms

afër

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