Wiktionary

delme

See also: dělme

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *dailjā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-. Compare Old English delu (“teat”). More at djalë. Possibly the source of the Illyrian tribe name Dalmatae. Hyllestad noted that Delme is only a metathesis away from Proto-Germanic *tamila-, as Proto-Albanian *dalma a derivative of Proto-Germanic *tamjaną[1]

Noun edit

delme f (plural delme)

  1. sheep
  2. ewe

Declension edit

Declension of delme
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative delme delme delmja delmet
accusative delmen
dative delmeje delmeve delmes delmeve
ablative delmesh

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References edit

  1. ^ Hyllested, A., & Joseph, B. (2022). Albanian. In T. Olander (Ed.), The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective (pp. 223-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013

Catalan edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Catalan deume, from Latin decimus (“tenth; tithe”). For the development of the /l/, see colze.

Noun edit

delme m (plural delmes)

  1. (historical) tithe

Further reading edit

  • “delme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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