dimër
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom late Proto-Albanian *dimənə < *ðimənə, from early Proto-Albanian *j́īmanʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mō < *ǵʰey- (“winter”). Orel reconstructs Proto-Albanian *deimena.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter”) and the like.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdimër m (plural dimra, definite dimri, definite plural dimrat)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | dimër | dimri | dimra | dimrat |
accusative | dimrin | |||
dative | dimri | dimrit | dimrave | dimrave |
ablative | dimrash |
Derived terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dimër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
- ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227