mamës
Albanian
Etymology 1
Made to derive from mamit (“to deceive, entice”) + -ës, however the verb is not attested until much later. Compare perhaps related Serbo-Croatian mámac / ма́мац (“bait, decoy”).
Noun
mamës m (obsolete, hapax legomenon)
- deceiver, enticer [1555]
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari, page 55v [65v], lines 78–80:
- ɛot nee nah raa ẽde mẽd. // seh aih mamess ξah: seh aih chis meh // ћiele tueɣ enћalune teh tretene dite
- [Zot, nē na rā ëndë mend se ai mamës tha se ai kish me gjellë, tue u ëngjallunë të tretënë ditë]
- Lord, we remember that that deceiver said that he was alive while coming back to life on the third day
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “mamës”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “mamës”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 261b
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
mâmës
- definite dative/ablative singular of mâmë (“mother”)