shkëmb

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • shkãm, shkõm — Gheg

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin scamnum. Compare Greek σκαμνί (skamní), Romanian scaun, Italian scanno.

Noun

shkëmb m (plural shkëmbinj, definite shkëmbi, definite plural shkëmbinjtë)

  1. cliff, rocky crag
    Synonyms: buzë, shkrep
  2. (geology) rock
  3. stool, crude wooden chair
  4. (agriculture) sole of a wooden plow

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • “shkëmb”, 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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