Dekadës

Dekadës is the Albanian term for a decade, a period of ten years. The word is used in everyday language and in scholarship to denote ten-year spans, whether for historical analysis, demographic trends, economic cycles, or cultural discussion. A calendar decade typically runs from a year ending in zero to the year ending in nine (for example, 1980–1989), but researchers may also define ten-year windows that suit a specific study.

In practice, decades are used to frame long-term changes that unfold over ten-year intervals, such as shifts in political leadership, technological adoption, or social attitudes. Distinctions between decades can carry cultural memory and are often referenced to compare eras, identify repeating patterns, or highlight phase transitions within a broader timeline.

The form dekadës appears in Albanian grammar as the genitive (or possessive) form of dekadë, and is used in constructions that express relation to the decade, such as sfidat e dekadës së ardhshme ("the challenges of the coming decade"). This illustrates how the word integrates into typical noun phrase structures describing time periods.

Overall, dekadës denotes a ten-year period and serves as a practical unit for organizing historical, societal, and economic narratives, while also functioning grammatically within Albanian as the possessive/genitive form of the noun.