natë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nate"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• not — southern Gheg, Kavajë

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts

Proto-Albanian *naktā

Albanian natë

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *naktā, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ˈnaːtə]
• (southern Gheg, Kavajë) IPA^(key): [ˈnõ̞ːt]

Noun

natë f (plural net / netë, definite nata, definite plural netët)

1. night

Declension

Note that the schwa in the nominative/accusative plural netë can be dropped, resulting in net.

Declension of natë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	natë	nata	netë	netët
accusative		natën
dative	nate	natës	netëve	netëve
ablative			netësh

Antonyms

• ditë f

Derived terms

• mesnatë
• nata-natës
• sanatadita
• natën
• natën e mirë

Further reading

• “natë”, 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
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “natë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press