dimër

See also: dimer, Dimer, and dímer

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • dimën — Gheg
  • dimënë (Old Gheg, Buzuku)

Etymology

From late Proto-Albanian *dimənə < *ðimənə, from early Proto-Albanian *j́īmanʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéy-mō < *ǵʰey- (“winter”). Orel reconstructs Proto-Albanian *deimena.[1] Cognate with Ancient Greek χειμών (kheimṓn, “winter”) and the like.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdiməɾ]

Noun

dimër m (plural dimra, definite dimri, definite plural dimrat)

  1. winter

Declension

Declension of dimër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dimër dimri dimra dimrat
accusative dimrin
dative dimri dimrit dimrave dimrave
ablative dimrash

Derived terms

  • dimërak
  • dimërishtë
  • dimëroj
  • dimëror
  • dimërues

See also

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “dimër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 66
  2. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 227

Further reading

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