dhëmb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ðámba-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *j́amba-, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos (“tooth, peg”) (compare English comb, Greek γομφίος (gomfíos, “molar”), Serbo-Croatian zȗb (“tooth”)).[3][4]

Noun

dhëmb m (plural dhëmbë, definite dhëmbi, definite plural dhëmbët)

  1. tooth

Declension

Declension of dhëmb
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dhëmb dhëmbi dhëmbë dhëmbët
accusative dhëmbin
dative dhëmbi dhëmbit dhëmbëve dhëmbëve
ablative dhëmbësh

Derived terms

nouns
  • dhëmbëz

References

  1. ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “dhâmb”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 89a
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 26, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dhëmb”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 82
  4. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

Further reading

  • “dhëmb”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “dhëmb”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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