gotë

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡotə/
• Rhymes: -otə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Venetian goto.

Noun

gotë f (plural gota)

1. glass (for drinking)

   Synonyms: qelq, kupë, qeft, bardhak, mashtrapë

2. shot glass (for strong alcohol)
3. glassful, glass (of liquid)
4. (medicine) cup (for cupping), cupping glass

   Synonym: ventuzë

5. (colloquial) lamp (electric)

   Synonym: llambë

6. (colloquial) vice of alcoholism
7. (colloquial) liquord, brandy, strong alcohol

   Synonyms: raki, pije

Declension

Declension of gotë

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	gotë	gota	gota	gotat
accusative			gotën
dative	gote	gotave	gotës	gotavet
ablative		gotash

Alternative forms

• got m — dialectal
• godë — Tosk

References

• “gót/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 566a
• Topalli, K. (2017) “gotë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 561
• Dashi, B. (2013) “goto”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 229
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “gotë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 131a
• Meyer, G. (1891) “got”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 127

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Gothī.

Noun

gotë m pl

1. (historical) Goths (Germanic tribe)

Derived terms

• gotik
• gotishte

 

References

• “gótë,~t”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2] (in Albanian), 1980, page 566a