jetë

See also: jete and jeté

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *eta, related to the isolated group (substrate) of Greek ἐτεός (ἐteós, “true, real”), ἐτάζω (ἐtázo, “to test”)[1]. Related to the participial form of jam and to eshë (“period of time, span, space”). See also Latin aetas, (source of the Aromanian etã) considered by some to be the source of the Albanian word[2], but this is uncertain.

Noun

jetë f (indefinite plural jetë, definite singular jeta, definite plural jetët)

  1. life
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

të jetë

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of jam

References

  1. ↑ Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 159
  2. ↑ http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~bjoseph/publications/2006balkmetaphor.pdf
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