shkumë

Albanian

Etymology

An old loanword from Gothic *skūm- (“foam, scum”)[1][2] (compare German Schaum (“foam”), English scum) via Late Latin.

Noun

shkúmë f

  1. foam, scum

Declension

Declension of shkumë
singular
indefinite definite
nominative shkumë shkuma
accusative shkumën
dat./abl. shkume shkumës

References

  1. ^ Huld, M.E., 1994. Albanian zverk – Gothic *swairhs. Historische Sprachforschung/Historical Linguistics, 107(1. H), pp.165–171. Pages 167–8.
  2. ^ Matasovic, Ranko (2024). A Grammatical Sketch of Albanian for Students of Indo-European. Zagreb. Page 45

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “shkumë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shkumë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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