armë
Albanian
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Late Latin arma (“weapon”). A later loan from Italian arma (“weapon”) is also plausible.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]armë f (plural armë, definite arma, definite plural armët)
- weapon
- 1555, Gjon Buzuku, Meshari:
- I shpie udhësë gjithë armëtë e tī.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- gun
- Synonym: pistoletë
- combat arms
- (figurative) tool
- Synonym: mjet
- army
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | armë | arma | armë | armët |
| accusative | armën | |||
| dative | arme | armës | armëve | armëve |
| ablative | armësh | |||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017), “armë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 121
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “armë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 9
Further reading
[edit]- “armë”, 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, Leonard (1999), “armë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2], Oxford: Oxford University Press
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- Albanian terms borrowed from Late Latin
- Albanian terms derived from Late Latin
- Albanian terms borrowed from Italian
- Albanian terms derived from Italian
- Albanian 1-syllable words
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- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns
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- sq:Weapons