lëti

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "leti"

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin, from Latin Latīnus.[1][2] Doublet of latín.

Adjective

lëti (feminine lëtie)

  1. Italian[3][2]
  2. Catholic[1][2]
  3. Latin[2]

Noun

lëtí m (plural lëtínjë, definite lëtíri)

  1. an Italian
  2. a Catholic

Usage notes

  • The word survives mostly in Gheg and Arbëresh.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Meyer, G. (1891) “ľatín”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 238–239
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëti”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 225
  3. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “ltii”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 71
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