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Albanian
Etymology 1
A cultural Wanderwort attested in Slavic and in Romance Languages (cf. Spanish pata, Serbo-Croatian pátak).[1] Possibly related to Sanskrit पतग (pataga, “bird”). See also Old Armenian բադ (bad).
Noun
patë f (plural páta, definite páta, definite plural pátat)
- goose
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *patā, related to petë.
Noun
patë f (plural páta, definite páta, definite plural pátat)
- plectrum
Declension
References
Further reading
- “patë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe (in Albanian), 1980
- “patë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “patë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 356