Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Suffixed form of an unattested noun *lakëm, from a South Slavic language, compare Old Church Slavonic lakomъ (lakomŭ, hungry), Serbo-Croatian лаком (greedy, covetous). Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *olkomъ (greedy).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lakmi f (plural lakmi, definite lakmia, definite plural lakmitë)

  1. greed
  2. ambition
  3. envy

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), "lakmi", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 182