Vdekjeve

Vdekjeve is a noun in Albanian meaning “deaths” or “the deaths.” It is formed from the base word vdekje, meaning death, with the suffix -ve that marks a plural or definite-plural reading in noun phrases. The form is common in formal writing and is frequently encountered in statistics, public health reports, historical records, and journalistic contexts. For example, phrases such as numri i vdekjeve (the number of deaths) or raportet e vdekjeve (the mortality reports) illustrate how the word functions as the head of a noun phrase.

Grammatical use: As a plural form, vdekjeve inflects according to Albanian agreement rules with determiners and adjectives, depending on the syntactic context. The term is not a proper noun and does not name a person or place by itself; it is a common noun used to refer to fatal outcomes in aggregate terms. Its exact form can vary with dialect and register, but it generally serves to refer to deaths collectively rather than to a single event.

In discourse, vdekjeve appears primarily in analytical, statistical, and historical contexts. It helps express quantities, trends, and comparisons related to mortality, and it is typically paired with numerals, dates, and descriptive adjectives to convey scope and period.

See also: Albanian language, Death, Mortality statistics.