parmë

Albanian

Etymology

From parë (“first”) +‎ -më.[1]

Adjective

i parmë (feminine e parme)

  1. front
    Synonym: përparmë
    Antonyms: pasmë, prapmë
  2. (linguistics) primitive (of a word)

Noun

parmë f (plural parma, definite parma)

  1. collarbone (of a man)
    Synonym: heqës
  2. breastbone (of a fowl)
    Synonym: parmëz
  3. (chiefly in the plural) carotid
    parmat e fytit ― the carotids

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “parë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 311

Further reading

  • “parmë”, 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
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