-ës
See also: Appendix:Variations of "es"
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-ikʷyos, which is derived from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey- see Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əs/
Suffix
-ës m (indefinite plural -ës, definite singular -ësi, feminine equivalent -ëse)
- used to form agent nouns. -er
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -ës | -ësi | -ës | -ësit |
| accusative | -ësin | |||
| dative | -ësi | -ësit | -ësve | -ësve |
| ablative | -ëssh | |||
Derived terms
Albanian terms suffixed with -ës
References
- ^ ^ Hyllested, A., & Joseph, B. (2022). Albanian. In T. Olander (Ed.), The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective (pp. 223-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013