cëmat

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Related to cëmoj and cimb, with the synonym thumat and thumbat from thumb.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡səˈmat/

Noun

cëmát m (plural cëmatë, definite cëmati, definite plural cëmatët)

  1. sack needle, leather needle, harness needle
    Synonym: thumat
  2. seedling, shoot
    Synonyms: filiz, bisk, cimak

Declension

Declension of cëmat
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cëmat cëmati cëmatë cëmatët
accusative cëmatin
dative cëmati cëmatit cëmatëve cëmatëve
ablative cëmatësh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cëmat”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 24