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. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

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

  1. period, deadline

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

Further reading
  • “afat”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “afat”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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