kumbull

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kumull, kumëll

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grab, grip; be full”). Close to Old English cumbol (“wound, swelling, lump, growth”), Lithuanian gùmulas (“clump, ball, tangle, knot”), Old Norse kumla (“squeeze”), Middle Irish gemel (“shackles, gyve, manacles, handcuff”). Similar formation to kungull and brumbull. Alternatively from Ancient Greek κοκκύμελον (kokkúmelon, “red apple”).

Noun

kumbull f (plural kumbulla, definite kumbulla, definite plural kumbullat)

1. plum (Prunus domestica)

   Kumbullat e djeshme qenë fort të shijshme.

   Yesterdays plums were very tasty.

2. (figurative) a healthy, beautiful woman

Declension

Declension of kumbull

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	kumbull	kumbulla	kumbulla	kumbullat
accusative			kumbullën
dative	kumbulle	kumbullave	kumbullës	kumbullave
ablative		kumbullash

Derived terms

• kumbullishtë
• kumbullore