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Seen in toponyms such as Qesarat, Kastrat, Dukat, Progonat Bushat. The as as both from similar Proto-Albanian*tāi and Proto-Albanian*tjā. Toponym is considered a preservation of Illyrian*-atāi, attested in , , , . See -të
(accusative case suffix): It can be added to nouns, adjectives, numerals and pronouns. Whether a suffix-initial vowel (linking vowel) will be used is hard to predict and thus needs to be learned with each word. A rule of thumb, however, is that older and shorter words tend to incorporate a vowel, rather than simply use -t. Variants:
-t is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-. Final -o in foreign words changes to -ó-.
-ot is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant
-et is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
-öt is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
-∅ (zero form), optionally, after possessive suffixes, especially in the singular but sometimes also in the plural (and not infrequently after multiple-possession forms as well), except for the third-person singular (“his/her/its”, -ja/-je) as its omission would not reduce the number of syllables.
Elviszem a kabátom(at/∅), kabátod(at/∅); kabátunk(at/∅), kabátotok(at/∅), kabátjuk(at/∅); kabátjaim(at/∅) etc.
I’ll take my coat, your coat; our coat, your coat, their coat; my coats etc.
It is also omitted usually from the accusative forms of first- and second-person singular personal pronouns (engem, téged(“me, you”)).
From -atik(passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.
Suffix
-at
Combining form of -atik(passive-forming suffix)before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative
(combining forms of the passive-forming suffix) Variants: -at-, -et-, -tat-, -tet- (from -atik, -etik, -tatik, -tetik), as well as the tautological (doubly suffixed) forms -attat-, -ettet- (from -attatik, -ettetik). See more in the template of the full forms of this suffix.
Forms adjectives from stems, without any particular meaning. Often, the more basic stem is an adverb, the adjective's own attributive form, or has fallen out of use altogether.
Usage notes
This suffix triggers the strong grade on a preceding stressed syllable.
Possibly from Proto-Germanic*aiwwihtiz, whence Old Englishāwiht(“anything, something; at all”). The prototype of ek veit-at 'I don't know' would then be Proto-Norse *ek ne wait aiwwihti 'I know not at all', after which *aiwwihti was reduced to -at and ne eventually dropped in a process identical to the origin of Frenchpas(“not”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Liljegren, Henrik, Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7), Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN