jetë

See also: jete and jeté

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *eta, related to the isolated group (substrate) of Greek ἐτεός (ἐteós, “true, real”), ἐτάζω (ἐtázo, “to test”).[1] Related to the participial form of jam and to eshë (“period of time, span, space”). See also Latin aetas (source of Aromanian etã), considered by some to be the source of the Albanian word,[2] but this is uncertain.

Noun

jetë f (indefinite plural jetë, definite singular jeta, definite plural jetët)

  1. life
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

të jetë

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of jam

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “jetë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 159
  2. http://www.ling.ohio-state.edu/~bjoseph/publications/2006balkmetaphor.pdf
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