senë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Gheg form of Tosk senë, from Proto-Albanian *sana, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt- (active participle of *h₁es- (“to be”)) (compare Old English sōþ (“true”), Old Lithuanian santi, Ancient Greek ἐών (eṓn, “being”)).

Although archaic, it is still used in rural villages in Kosovo. It did not go through the *s to *gj shift, comparable to the Gheg Kosovo dialect not rhotacising.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sænə/

Noun

senë f (indefinite plural senë, definite singular senë, definite plural senët)

  1. thing
  2. item
  3. cattle, livestock
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