mamës

See also: mamés and mames

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)

  1. 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

  1. definite dative/ablative singular of mâmë (mother)