komb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• komë, kom (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos (“village, home”), from Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- (“to settle, cultivate”). Compare Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), (perhaps) κώμη (kṓmē, “burg, unwalled village”), Irish caoimh (“dear”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), German Heim (“home”), Icelandic heimur (“abode, village, home, the world”).

Noun

komb m (plural kombe, definite kombi, definite plural kombet)

1. nation, people, community, folk

Declension

Declension of komb

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	komb	kombe	kombi	kombet
accusative			kombin
dative	kombi	kombeve	kombit	kombeve
ablative		kombesh

Derived terms

• kombësi
• kombëtar
  • kombëtarisht
  • mbarëkombëtar
  • ndërkombëtar
  • tejkombëtar
  • kombëtarizëm
  • kombëtarist