hasm

Albanian

Alternative forms

• asm, hasëm — archaic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish خصم (hasm, hasım, “enemy”), from Arabic خَصْم (ḵaṣm).

Noun

hasm m (plural hasmë, definite hasmi)

1. enemy in a blood feud

   Synonym: gjakës

2. (colloquial) enemy

   Synonym: armik

Declension

Declension of hasm

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	hasm	hasmë	hasmi	hasmët
accusative			hasmin
dative	hasmi	hasmëve	hasmit	hasmëve
ablative		hasmësh

Derived terms

• has
• hasmeshë
• hasmëri
• hasmëroj, hasmërohem
• hasmoj

 

Further reading

• “hasm”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• “hasm”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980