qytet

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *k'iwytéti, from older *kiwitáti, which was borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin cīvitātem, with loss of the -v-.[1] Compare Romanian cetate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /cyˈtet/, [cɕyˈtɛt]

Noun

qytet m (plural qytete, definite qyteti, definite plural qytetet)

  1. city, particularly (politics, historical) as a former administrative level
    Synonyms: horë, garth i bëshëm
  2. citizenry, the people of a city

Declension

Declension of qytet
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative qytet qyteti qytete qytetet
accusative qytetin
dative qyteti qytetit qyteteve qyteteve
ablative qytetesh

Hypernyms

  • fshat i bashkuar (historical)

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “qytet”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “qytet”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “qytet”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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