afat

Albanian

Etymology

A formation from Proto-Albanian *apo-t-is, based on Proto-Indo-European *apo- (“away, off”), with the labial plosive followed by back vowel yielding -f- (cf. avull, afër), and -is-, as well as -os-, yielding zero in unstressed position. Cognate to Proto-Germanic *aftiz (“again”) (whence Old English eftesoons (“again, soon”) > English after). Related to afër. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Noun

afat m (plural afate, definite afati, definite plural afatet)

1. period, deadline

Declension

Declension of afat

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	afat	afate	afati	afatet
accusative			afatin
dative	afati	afateve	afatit	afatevet
ablative		afatesh

Related terms

• afër

Further reading

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