Wiktionary

-çme

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

Gheg dialect, from Proto-Albanian *-(i)sama,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *somHós. Etymologically cognate with Old High German -sam (“-some”), Old Norse -samr (“-some”).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-çme f (-çëm m)

  1. Makes feminine adjectives from verbs and nouns. The most common meaning the suffix carries is comparable to -able in English.
    mend/mendje (mind) — e meçme (smart)
    shnet (health) — e shnetçme (healthy)
    sot (today) — e soçme (fresh)
    mot (time) — e moçme (old)

Alternative forms edit

Derived terms edit

Category Albanian terms suffixed with -çme not found

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 164
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