Albanian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

Tosk variant of amë.[2] From Proto-Albanian *am(m)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(m)-h₂ (compare Ancient Greek ἀμμά (ammá), Latin amma, Old High German amma). Cf. also archaic Romanian îmă.

Noun

edit

ëmë f (plural ëma, definite ëma, definite plural ëmat)

  1. mother
    E ëma e Skenderit është mësuese
    Skender's mother is a techer

Declension

edit
Declension of ëmë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ëmë ëma ëma ëmat
accusative ëmën
dative ëme ëmës ëmave ëmave
ablative ëmash

References

edit
  1. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “âmë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 5b
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 4

Further reading

edit
  • ëmë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006