athët
Albanian
Alternative forms
- athtë, uthët
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *aϑ-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”), compare Latin acidus, Middle Irish aith, Tocharian B akwatse.[1][2]
Adjective
i athët m (feminine e athët, masculine plural të athët)
- tart
- pungent
- (figuratively) disagreeable
- (figuratively) temperamental
Related terms
- ath
- athëtoj
- athëti
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 83-84
- Schumacher, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 211