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

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

Derived terms

• kumbullishtë
• kumbullore