patë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"

Albanian

Etymology 1

A cultural Wanderwort attested in Slavic and in Romance Languages (cf. Spanish pata, Serbo-Croatian pátak)[1]. Possibly related to Sanskrit पतग (pataga, “bird”). See also Old Armenian բադ (bad).

Noun

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

  1. goose

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *patā, related to petë.

Noun

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

  1. plectrum

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, pages 312-313
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