shtremb

Albanian

Alternative forms

• shtrembër, (Standard)
• shtramër, shtramt (Gheg)
• shtremën, shtremt (Gheg)
• sctrễmnii [ʃtɾɛ̃mniː], sctrễmt [ʃtɾɛ̃mt] (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *štramba, close to Old Prussian strambo (“stubble”), Lithuanian strampas (“club, truncheon”), and Proto-Germanic *strambaz, in Norwegian dial, stramb (“strong smell”), Middle Low German stram (“strong, powerful”). Alternatively a derivative of Vulgar Latin *strambus, from Latin strabus, akin to Romanian strâmb.

Adjective

i shtremb (feminine plural të shtrembta)

1. crooked, bent, askew, crosswise

Derived terms

• shtrembëroj
• shtrembaluq
• shtrembëri