adë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ade"

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • hadë
  • ad (Northwest Gheg)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آطه (ata), آدا (ada, island).[1][2]

Noun

ádë f (plural áda, definite áda)

  1. (archaic) island
    Synonyms: íshull, ujdhesë, anësujë

Declension

Declension of adë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative adë ada ada adat
accusative adën
dative ade adës adave adave
ablative adash

References

  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “hadε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 144
  2. ^ Bufli, G.; Rocchi, L. (2021), “adë”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, pages 29–30

Further reading

  • Jungg, G. (1895), “ad”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 2
  • adë”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026