mbrëmë
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Tosk) mbrëmje, mbramë
- (Gheg) mrâm [mɾɑ̃m] (evening),[1] prâm (“yesterevening”) [pɾɑ̃m]
- (Arvanite) πρέμε (premë) [pɾɛmə][2]
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *en-prama, the second element of which is identical with Ancient Greek πρόμος (prómos, “foremost man”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌼 (fram, “from”) and Old High German fram (“id”).[3]
Noun edit
mbrëmë f (plural mbrëmje, definite mbrëmja, definite plural mbrëmjet)
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References edit
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 82, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Λεξικόν της Ρωμαϊκοις και Αρβανητηκής Απλής (Lexicon of the simple Romaic and Arbanitic language), page 143 & 230, by Markos Botsaris
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbrëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 252