bagëm

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάπτισμα (báptisma), internally corrupted or affected by another word, possibly bekoj (I bless).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaɡəm]

Noun

bagëm m (plural bagme, definite bagmi, definite plural bagmet)

  1. anointing oil
    • 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
      Embë mishëriert të Bagmit shenjt tat.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “bagëm”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 155
  2. ^ Vladimir, Orel. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the albanian language