Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *īs-mos, cognate with Sanskrit ईषत् (īṣat, a little, slightly), Latvian īss,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *is (a little).

Adjective edit

i imtë (feminine plural të imtë)

  1. tiny, small, fine (of sand etc)

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Noun edit

ímtë f (plural ímta, definite ímta, definite plural ímtat)

  1. very short time, an instant; a minute, second
    Synonyms: minutë, sekondë, çast

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Further reading edit

  • [1] noun imtë (instant, minute) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “imtë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 155