aftë

See also: afte

Albanian

Etymology

From aft, from Proto-Albanian *aweita, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (compare Ancient Greek ἀυτμή (autmḗ, “breath”), Welsh awel (“breeze”)),[1] meaning to have will, to have power or breath to do something. Alternatively from Latin aptus.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaft(ə)/

Adjective

i aftë m (feminine e aftë, masculine plural të aftë, feminine plural të afta)

  1. able, proficient, skilled

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 71
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 2
  3. Topalli, Kolec (2017), “aftë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 77
  4. Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211
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