afërt

Albanian

Etymology

From afër (“close, nearby”) +‎ -t (noun/adjective suffix).

Noun

afërt n (plural afërt, definite afërti/i afërt, afërta/e afërta)

1. a related person, language, etc.
2. relative, kinsman, kinswoman
3. connected due to close, near distance, relation

• afërt (n.), i afërt (m.), e afërt (f.)

  • relative, kinsman, kinswoman

• e afërta (f./sg.), të afërta (f./sg.)
  • the kinswoman, the kinswomen

Adjective

i afërt

1. related, akin, cognate, kindred, consanguineous
2. allied, connected

• njerëzit e afërt
  • the related people
• gjuhë të afërta
  • related languages

Further reading

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