fyt

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *spūta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pytew- (“to spit”).[1] Compare Latin spuere, Greek πτύω (ptýo), Lithuanian spiáuti.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /fyt/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /fɜjt/

Noun

fyt m (plural fyte, definite fyti, definite plural fytet)

  1. throat
    Synonym: grykë

Declension

Declension of fyt
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fyt fyti fyte fytet
accusative fytin
dative fyti fytit fyteve fyteve
ablative fytesh

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden: Brill, 2013), 468.
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “fyt”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 107

Further reading

  • “fyt”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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