cimb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A nasal variant of cip.[1]Alternatively, related to thimth, thëmboj, etc. and to cimak, cëmoj, etc. families with the frequent c:th alteration.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡simb/

Noun

cimb m (plural cimba, definite cimbi, definite plural cimbat)

  1. sting

Declension

Declension of cimb
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cimb cimbi cimba cimbat
accusative cimbin
dative cimbi cimbit cimbave cimbave
ablative cimbash

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Greek: τσιμπίδα (tsimpída, “tongs, tweezers”)
  • → Greek: τσιμπάω (tsimpáo, “to pinch”)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “cimb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 47
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cëmon”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, pages 24-25

Further reading

  • “cimb”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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