gotë

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡotə/
  • Rhymes: -otə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Venetian goto.

Noun

gotë f (plural gota)

  1. glass (for drinking)
    Synonyms: qelq, kupë, qeft, bardhak, mashtrapë
  2. shot glass (for strong alcohol)
  3. glassful, glass (of liquid)
  4. (medicine) cup (for cupping), cupping glass
    Synonym: ventuzë
  5. (colloquial) lamp (electric)
    Synonym: llambë
  6. (colloquial) vice of alcoholism
  7. (colloquial) liquord, brandy, strong alcohol
    Synonyms: raki, pije
Declension
Declension of gotë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gotë gota gota gotat
accusative gotën
dative gote gotave gotës gotavet
ablative gotash
Alternative forms
  • got m — dialectal
  • godë — Tosk

References
  • “gót/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 566a
  • Topalli, K. (2017) “gotë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 561
  • Dashi, B. (2013) “goto”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 229
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “gotë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 131a
  • Meyer, G. (1891) “got”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 127

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Gothī.

Noun

gotë m pl

  1. (historical) Goths (Germanic tribe)
Derived terms

References
  • “gótë,~t”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 566a
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