-e in Albanian

Forms: -ja [definite], -e [plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Proto-Albanian *-jā, from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s. Etymology templates: {{inh|sq|sqj-pro||*-jā}} Proto-Albanian *-jā, {{inh|sq|ine-pro|*-ih₂|*-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s}} Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s Head templates: {{head|sq|suffix|definite|-ja|plural|-e|f1nolink=1}} -e (definite -ja, plural -e)

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "sqj-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*-jā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Albanian *-jā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-ih₂",
        "4": "*-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Albanian *-jā, from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ja",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "definite",
        "4": "-ja",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "-e",
        "f1nolink": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-e (definite -ja, plural -e)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forms the feminine forms for many adjectives"
      ],
      "id": "en--e-sq-suffix-ggTqcRII",
      "links": [
        [
          "feminine",
          "feminine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mik (“male friend”) + -e → mike (“female friend”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "gjysh (“grandfather”) + -e → gjyshe (“grandmother”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms feminine equivalents of nouns"
      ],
      "id": "en--e-sq-suffix-ua~nww37",
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-éshë"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ónjë"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-e"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Albanian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Albanian lemmas",
    "Albanian suffixes",
    "Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian",
    "Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian",
    "Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Pages using catfix",
    "Pages with 48 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "sqj-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*-jā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Albanian *-jā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*-ih₂",
        "4": "*-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Albanian *-jā, from Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ ~ *-yéh₂s.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-ja",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-e",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "suffix",
        "3": "definite",
        "4": "-ja",
        "5": "plural",
        "6": "-e",
        "f1nolink": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "-e (definite -ja, plural -e)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Albanian",
  "lang_code": "sq",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "forms the feminine forms for many adjectives"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feminine",
          "feminine#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "mik (“male friend”) + -e → mike (“female friend”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "gjysh (“grandfather”) + -e → gjyshe (“grandmother”)"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "forms feminine equivalents of nouns"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-éshë"
        },
        {
          "word": "-ónjë"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-e"
}

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"-e" meaning in Albanian

Suffix