amë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ame"

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *am(m)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(m)-h₂ (compare Ancient Greek ἀμμά (ammá), Latin amma, Old High German amma). Cf. also archaic Romanian îmă.

Alternative forms

• ëmë (Tosk)
• ōm (S Gheg)
• ām (NW Gheg)

Noun

amë f

1. mother

Etymology 2

Gheg dialectal form (vs. Tosk amëz), from Proto-Albanian *admā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃odmáh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.

Alternative forms

• âmëz, âmzë

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːm/

Noun

amë f

1. taste, flavor; scent, fragrance
2. unpleasant smell, odour

Derived terms

• amësht

Etymology 3

Gheg; from Proto-Albanian *abnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ph₃n-éh₂, from *h₂ep- (“body of water”). Compare Old Irish aub, Latin amnis (“river”).

Alternative forms

• ām (NW Gheg)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːm/

Noun

amë f

1. spring, source of a spring, headwater; stream bed
2. stub of a ticket, check, invoice, or coupon
3. stick used as a prop for the roof
4. (Gheg) river channel, riverbed
5. (Gheg) silt, dregs

Declension

Declension of amë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	amë	ama	ama	amat
accusative		amën
dative	ame	amës	amave	amave
ablative			amash

Synonyms

• gurrë
• burim

Derived terms

• amull
• tamë

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[2], 1980
• Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “amë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 4
• Newmark, Leonard (1999), “amë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[3]
• “amë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006