Albanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian pȁtka (female duck) ~ pátak (male duck).[1]

Noun edit

patë f (plural pata, definite pata, definite plural patat)

  1. goose
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Albanian *patā, related to petë.

Noun edit

patë f (plural pata, definite pata, definite plural patat)

  1. plectrum
Declension edit
Related terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “patë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 312-313