gjumë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *supna, from Proto-Indo-European *súpnos (compare Latin somnus, Lithuanian sãpnas, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Proto-Slavic *sъnъ).[1] Also reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *źupnʉh. modërn -ë descends from Proto-Indo-European *-ós as Proto-Albanian *-ʉh.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /ɟumə/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /ɟum/
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Noun

gjumë m (definite gjumi)

  1. sleep
  2. lethargy

Declension

Declension of gjumë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative gjumë gjumi
accusative gjumin
dat./abl. gjumi gjumit

Synonyms

  • fjetje

Derived terms

  • gjumash
  • pagjumë
  • gjumth

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 215
  2. ^ Matasovic, Ranko. A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. 2019. Zagreb. page 11.

Further reading

  • “gjumë”, 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) “gjumë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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