delme

See also: dělme and dəlmə

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dailjā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-l-. Compare Old English delu (“teat”). More at djalë. Possibly the source of the Illyrian tribe name Dalmatae. Hyllestad noted that Delme is only a metathesis away from Proto-Germanic *tamila-, as Proto-Albanian *dalma a derivative of Proto-Germanic *tamjaną[1]

Noun

delme f (plural delme)

  1. sheep
  2. ewe

Declension

Declension of delme
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative delme delmja delme delmet
accusative delmen
dative delmeje delmes delmeve delmeve
ablative delmesh

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hyllested, A., & Joseph, B. (2022). Albanian. In T. Olander (Ed.), The Indo-European Language Family: A Phylogenetic Perspective (pp. 223-245). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758666.013

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan deume, from Latin decimus (“tenth; tithe”). For the development of the /l/, see colze.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈdɛl.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈdɛl.me]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Noun

delme m (plural delmes)

  1. (historical) tithe

Further reading

  • “delme” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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