thembër

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • themër, thëmër

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tsambrā, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱh₂emb- (“bent, crooked”) (compare Ancient Greek σκαμβός (skambós), Old Irish camm, Swedish skimpa (“to hop”)).[1]

Noun

thembër f (plural thembra, definite thembra, definite plural thembrat)

  1. heel
  2. (figurative) edge of cake or bread
    Synonym: qenar

Declension

Declension of thembër
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative thembër thembra thembra thembrat
accusative thembrën
dative thembre thembrës thembrave thembrave
ablative thembrash

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thembër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 474

Further reading

  • “thembër”, 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
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “thembër”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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