Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin summum.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃumə/, [ˈʃu̞m(ɜ)]

Noun

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shumë f (plural shuma, definite shuma)

  1. (mathematics) sum
    shuma e këndëve
    the sum of the angles
  2. an amount
    Sipas specialistëve shuma të tilla do të ishin pikasur nga sistemi.
    According to experts, such amounts would have been detected by the system.

Declension

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Declension of shumë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative shumë shuma shuma shumat
accusative shumën
dative shume shumës shumave shumave
ablative shumash

Adverb

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shumë

  1. very, really; quite
    Unë jam shumë i lumtur që ti je këtu me ne.
    I'm really happy that you're here with us.
  2. too

Determiner

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shumë

  1. a lot (of), much; many

Derived terms

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  1. (mathematics) sum
  2. majority

References

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  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2024). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 56